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£325,000

The Centurion, Higher Croft Road, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3

Land size
3.1 acres

Key Features

  • Development land
  • Planning consent for 11 no. one bedroom apartments (Ref 10/20/0451)
  • Previous consent for the erection of 14 no. houses

Description

The subject site provides for a total acreage of 3.1 acres however a good portion of this is not developable with the net developable area being approximately 1.5 acres.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 132 Development Land listings in North West England (1+ acres).

This Property£104,839 / acre
Development Land Average (1+ acres) £367,494 / acre
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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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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

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

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

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

  • Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn423 metresOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    180
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Longshaw Infant School617 metresOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    203
    Type
    Community school
  • St James' Church of England Primary School711 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    202
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Lower Darwen Primary School893 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    382
    Type
    Community school
  • Longshaw Community Junior School943 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    334
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Blackburn Central High School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,015
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Darwen Vale High School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,039
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School1.2 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    746
    Type
    Free schools
    Faith
    Muslim
    Gender
    Boys
  • Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy1.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    770
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,483
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

* 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

M&S Blackburn Hospital Food To Go, Blackburn0.7 miles
Aldi Waterloo Blackburn, Blackburn0.8 miles
Iceland Blackburn Ewood, Blackburn0.8 miles

GP surgery

Roman Road Health Centre137 metres

Pharmacy

Fishmoor Pharmacy137 metres

Hospital

Royal Blackburn Hospital0.7 miles

Green space

Playing Field46 metres

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

Mill Hill (Lancs) Rail Station1.3 miles

Nearest bus stop

Holmbrook Close182 metres

Typical drive times

Darwen10 min · 3.8 miles
Rishton11 min · 5.7 miles
Blackburn7 min · 2.6 miles
Oswaldtwistle10 min · 4 miles
Preston (city)23 min · 15 miles

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

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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