Land at Hollins Road, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3
- Land size
- 9.81 acres
Key Features
- Rare Freehold development land opportunity
- Whole site extending to 9.81 acres (3.97 hectares)
- Levelled and cleared, ready for development
- Net developable area of approximately 7 acres
- Regular shaped site, 1.4km north-west of Darwen Town Centre
- Excellent access to the M65 Motorway at Junction 4
- Previously used as site for Hollins Paper MillSituated within a primarily industrial area
- Located adjacent to Crown Paints factory and office complex
- Other nearby occupiers include Suez Recycling, Bestway and Canopies UKClose to many amenities, including Blackburn with Darwen Services a Junction 4
- Allocated within Employment AreaOffers in the Region of £2.3 million
Description
Location
The site is located on Hollins Road, approximately 1.4km north-west of Darwen Town Centre, adjacent to Crown Paints Factory Complex. The site previously housed Hollins Paper Mill prior to its full demolition.
Junction 4 of the M65 Motorway is located 1km north of the site, providing convenient transport links to the National Motorway Network.
Description
The site extends to approximately 9.81 acres (3.97 hectares), providing for a Net Developable Area of approximately 7 acres. The site itself is, in its majority, regular in shape, vacant and has been cleared, having previously been occupied by a large paper mill (Hollins Paper Mill).
Vehicular access is provided via a former roadway via Hollins Road.
We are advised that the site is fully remediated and a validation report will be supplied once completed by E3P Environmental Consultancy. The site will be finished to a development platform, with a piling mat for parties to commence build on the site.
Following discussions with the Environmental Agent as part of the planning application, they have advised that the culvert should ideally be opened up in the future. Accordingly, no development should take place over the culvert area. Please see the main photograph showing the location of the culvert.
Services
No services are currently connected to the site. Interested parties are advised to make their own investigations into the availability and capacity of services potentially available to the site.
Sale Price
Offers in the Region of £2.3 million.
VAT
VAT is applicable and will be charged at the prevailing rate.
Use
The site is held Freehold under Title Number LAN243750. The Title Register is available upon request.
Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
In accordance with the Criminal Finances Act 2017 and the regulations set by HMRC and RICS, Turner Westwell Commercial Agents must perform AML due diligence for all clients, as well as for buyers and tenants involved in any transaction. This means we will need to gather personal, detailed financial and corporate information before we can finalise any transaction.
Planning
The site is allocated within the Local Plan's Policies Map as a Secondary Employment Area which states ''planning permission will be granted for development in Use Classes B1, B2 and B8 and for other uses with a clear requirement to locate in a commercial area''. This would include ''Use Class E'' floorspace, such as offices or light industrial uses. Interested parties are advised to make their own enquiries direct with the Local Planning Authority (Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council).
Legal Costs
Each party are to be responsible for their own legal costs involved in the transaction.
EPC
Not Applicable.
Viewings
The site can be viewed from the road side. Any parties who enter the site, do so at their own risk.
Map Location
Property details
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- Date Posted
- 2026-09-18
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 37 Development Land listings in North West England (5+ acres).
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
10 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 33% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy374 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 198
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School448 metresOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 184
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Avondale Primary School725 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 400
- Type
- Community school
- Lower Darwen Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 382
- Type
- Community school
- Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy0.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 203
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Darwen Vale High School949 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,039
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio0.9 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 13 to 19
- Pupils
- 275
- Type
- Studio schools
- Darwen Aldridge Community Academy1.2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 1,036
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn2 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,051
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Blackburn Central High School2.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,015
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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