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

12/0254Outline Planning PermissionRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 July 2012

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

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

Proposal

Erection of one pair of semi-detached dormer bungalows and 3 no. two-storey terraced dwellinghouses with associated car parking and shared use of existing retail store vehicular access from Westcliffe Drive (retail store to be retained). (Outline Proposal).

Received
5 April 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
8
Ward
Layton
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target31 May
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 116 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at FORMER WINDMILL PUBLIC HOUSE, WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DR. Blackpool has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 9 weeks longer 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.

88% of outline 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
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2012
Consultation expiry
27 July 2012
Consultation start
16 July 2012
Consultation end
27 July 2012
Neighbour consultation start
17 January 2013
Neighbour consultation end
27 July 2012
Last date for comments
31 May 2012
Target decision date
31 May 2012
Committee meeting
30 July 2012
Decision issued
1 August 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
GL HEARN
Agent address
1 ST JAMES SQUARE, MANCHESTER, GREATER MANCHESTER, M2 6DN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 July 2012
Site notice start
19 April 2012
Site notice end
27 July 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01896162
Documents
55
Constraints
5

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Blackpool

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