A RUN-DOWN area of Blackburn will get a facelift after redevelopment plans were given the go-ahead.
Barratt homes had applied to build 253 new homes on the site of the former Blackburn Royal Infirmary.
The infirmary has been empty since the opening of the new £113 million Royal Blackburn Hospital at Queen's Park last year.
Now Blackburn with Darwen Council's planning committee has approved the application.
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