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Blackpool Aspire Academy, Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LS

21/0615Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 October 2021

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of a single storey classroom building.

Received
7 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Highfield
Agent
Cassidy + Ashton Group Ltd.
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.5 Aug
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at BLACKPOOL ASPIRE ACADEMY, BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LS. Blackpool has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Highfield. 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 7LS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2021
Consultation expiry
5 August 2021
Consultation start
5 August 2021
Consultation end
5 August 2021
Neighbour consultation start
14 July 2021
Neighbour consultation end
5 August 2021
Last date for comments
28 October 2021
Target decision date
28 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cassidy + Ashton Group Ltd.
Architect profile
CASSIDY & ASHTON LIMITED
Agent address
7 East Cliff, Preston, PR1 3JE

Planning decision

Statutory period
113 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 August 2021
Site notice start
15 July 2021
Site notice end
5 August 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09988503
Documents
0
Constraints
10

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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