PLANS to build 15 new houses have been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council.

Northern Counties Housing Association is bidding to build the houses at Queens Park Close, off Queens Road in Blackburn.

The association, which is based in Manchester but also has an office in Blackburn, is charitable organisation which manages properties around Lancashire, as well as Cumbria and Shropshire and across to the East coast of England, providing affordable homes for people in need.

The full planning application is for 14 semi detached properties plus one detached house, each with three or four bedrooms.