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56 Devonshire Road, Blackpool, FY3 8AA

21/0738Cert. of Lawful Development (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 25 October 2021

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Use of premises as 2 self contained permanent flats.

Received
13 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Brunswick
Agent
RD-Engineering Associates Ltd
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided25 Oct

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 56 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AA. Blackpool has handled 22 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Brunswick. 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 8AA
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Development (Existing)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2021
Consultation start
7 September 2021
Neighbour consultation start
7 September 2021
Last date for comments
29 October 2021
Target decision date
29 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
RD-Engineering Associates Ltd
Agent address
54-56 Ormskirk Street, St.Helens, WA10 2TF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10123956
Documents
0
Constraints
3

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.

Source: Blackpool

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