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32-40 Highfield Road, Blackpool, FY4 2JA

21/0829Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 November 2021

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Alterations to shop front to create three separate shop fronts and separate accesses to upper floors.

Received
14 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Squires Gate
Agent
Planning & Building Services
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 32-40 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JA. Blackpool has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Blackpool's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Squires Gate. We hold 216 applications in total for the FY4 postcode area.

84% 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
FY4 2JA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2021
Consultation expiry
6 October 2021
Consultation end
6 October 2021
Neighbour consultation start
15 September 2021
Neighbour consultation end
6 October 2021
Last date for comments
10 November 2021
Target decision date
10 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning & Building Services
Agent address
20 Hampton Road, Blackpool, FY4 1JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 October 2021
Site notice end
6 October 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10212303
Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
11

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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