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166 Newton Drive, Blackpool, FY3 8JD

23/0085Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 June 2023

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Use of premises as a mixed use (sui generis) premises comprising of a day nursery for up to 12 children and residential living accommodation.

Received
8 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Layton
Agent
R-D Engineering Associates Ltd
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.9 May
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 166 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JD. Blackpool has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 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 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 8JD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2023
Consultation expiry
9 May 2023
Consultation start
25 April 2023
Consultation end
9 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
9 May 2023
Last date for comments
29 May 2023
Target decision date
29 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
R-D Engineering Associates Ltd
Architect profile
R-D ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
Office 4C, Blackthorn House, Skull House Lane, Appley Bridge, Wigan, WN6 9DB

Planning decision

Statutory period
97 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
9 May 2023
Site notice end
9 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11761533
Documents
0
Constraints
15

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    24 Aug

    Use of premises for child care for up to 16 children.

    RefusedCert. of Lawful Use (Proposed)22/0672

Source: Blackpool

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