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56 Adelaide Street, Blackpool, FY1 4LA

20/0112Cert. of Lawful Development (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 18 March 2020

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Use of premises as a single dwellinghouse (Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use).

Received
17 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Talbot
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 56 ADELAIDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LA. Blackpool has handled 22 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Blackpool's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Talbot. We hold 159 applications in total for the FY1 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
FY1 4LA
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Development (Existing)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2020
Consultation expiry
16 March 2020
Consultation start
24 February 2020
Consultation end
16 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start
24 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
16 March 2020
Last date for comments
17 April 2020
Target decision date
17 April 2020
Decision issued
19 March 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
FYLDE LAW
Agent address
325 Clifton Street, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 1HN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 March 2020
Site notice start
24 February 2020
Site notice end
16 March 2020

Additional information

Documents
0
Constraints
1

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: Town Centre Conservation Area
  • 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.

Source: Blackpool

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