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St Marys Catholic College, St Walburgas Road, Blackpool, FY3 7EQ

10/0856Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 September 2010

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of single-storey, two-storey, three-storey and four-storey buildings to form primary and secondary school development and new faith building following part demolition of existing school buildings with associated site works, vehicular and pedestrian accesses from St Walburgas Road and Rodwell Walk, car parking, sports facilities, boundary treatment and erection of 11.75 metres high wind turbine. Incidental temporary classroom accommodation and construction works access.

Received
6 July 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
67
Ward
Park
Agent
Nightingale Associates
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Aug
  4. Target5 Oct
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at ST MARYS CATHOLIC COLLEGE, ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EQ. Blackpool has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Park. We hold 462 applications in total for the FY3 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Blackpool Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
FY3 7EQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2010
Consultation expiry
26 August 2010
Consultation start
23 August 2010
Consultation end
26 August 2010
Neighbour consultation start
29 September 2010
Neighbour consultation end
26 August 2010
Last date for comments
5 October 2010
Target decision date
5 October 2010
Committee meeting
27 September 2010

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Nightingale Associates
Agent address
The Plaza, 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9QJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 July 2010
Advertisement expiry
26 August 2010
Site notice end
26 August 2010

Additional information

Documents
289
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction - C3 to C4 HMO+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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