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Layton Methodist Church, Westcliffe Drive, Blackpool, FY3 7DZ

20/0072Advertisment ConsentRefused
Advertisement consent

Refused on 27 April 2020

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Display of LED signage above church front door after removal of three existing signs.

Received
30 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Layton
Agent
Lindsay Oram Architects
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at LAYTON METHODIST CHURCH, WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DZ. Blackpool has handled 66 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Layton. We hold 461 applications in total for the FY3 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
FY3 7DZ
Application type
Advertisment Consent
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2020
Consultation start
6 February 2020
Last date for comments
1 May 2020
Target decision date
1 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lindsay Oram Architects
Agent address
FYCreatives, 154-158 Church Street, Blackpool, FY1 3PS

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Appeal history

3265968
Dismissed
Type: Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 March 2021Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
8

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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    27 Nov

    Provision of disability access ramp to front elevation.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission17/0819

Source: Blackpool

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