PLANS for a 26-house development on the site of a former Darwen mill have been passed by Blackburn with Darwen Council.

Premier Property Holdings Ltd have been given permission to build four detached houses and 22 semi-detached houses with adjoining gardens and drives, following the demolition of Waterfield Mill in Balmoral Road.

The single-storey, stone-built weaving shed as built in 1897-8 and is adjacent to earlier and contemporary terrace housing.

The mill had been used recently by different businesses in separate units.