Former Windmill Public House, Westcliffe Drive, Blackpool, FY3 7DR
Approved on 8 November 2010
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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
- Council
- Blackpool Council
- Ward
- Layton
- ReceivedReceived29 Sep
- ValidatedValidated29 Sep
- Consult.Consultation11 Nov
- TargetTarget Date24 Nov
- DecidedDecided8 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
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20125 Apr
Erection of one pair of semi-detached dormer bungalows and 3 no. two-storey terraced dwellinghouses with…
RefusedOutline Planning Permission12/0254 - 201112 Oct
Erection of 2 no. two-storey blocks of 4 terraced dwellinghouses with associated car parking and shared use…
WithdrawnOutline Planning Permission11/0924
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