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Former Comet Unit, Fox Industrial Estate, Holyoake Avenue, Blackpool, FY2 0QX

14/0055Advertisment ConsentApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 7 April 2014

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Display of 4 internally illuminated and 1 non-illuminated fascia signs to front and side elevations, 4 non-illuminated poster boxes to front elevation, 1 internally illuminated and 1 non-illuminated main entrance/canopy sign, and 2 non-illuminated, double sided, free standing signs adjacent car park entrance and 1 non-illuminated, free standing sign to north west corner of the car park.

Received
23 January 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Greenlands
Agent
Image Technique Ltd
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at FORMER COMET UNIT, FOX INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HOLYOAKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QX. Blackpool has handled 66 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Greenlands. We hold 148 applications in total for the FY2 postcode area.

86% of all 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
FY2 0QX
Application type
Advertisment Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2014
Consultation start
20 February 2014
Last date for comments
17 April 2014
Target decision date
17 April 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Image Technique Ltd
Agent address
Saxon Business Park, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 4AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03041608
Documents
13
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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