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Former Windmill Public House, Westcliffe Drive, Blackpool, FY3 7DR

10/1203Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 November 2010

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Retention of seven no. 5 metres high free-standing lighting columns to car park and service yard and addition of lights to the columns.

Received
29 September 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Layton
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at FORMER WINDMILL PUBLIC HOUSE, WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DR. Blackpool has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Blackpool's typical decision time. The site is in the Layton conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Layton. 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 7DR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2010
Consultation expiry
11 November 2010
Consultation start
6 October 2010
Consultation end
11 November 2010
Neighbour consultation start
15 November 2010
Neighbour consultation end
11 November 2010
Last date for comments
24 November 2010
Target decision date
24 November 2010
Committee meeting
8 November 2010
Decision issued
15 November 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent
GL Hearn
Agent address
1 St James Square, Manchester, M2 6DN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 November 2010
Site notice end
11 November 2010

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01229217
Documents
18
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Layton
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction - C3 to C4 HMO
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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