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34 Blairway Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 8LB

23/0510Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 18 August 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Use of property as a residential care home for one young person aged 11-18 years (Use Class C2) (retrospective application).

Received
7 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Layton
Agent
Planning and Law Ltd
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target13 Sep
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 34 BLAIRWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LB. Blackpool has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Blackpool's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8LB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2023
Consultation expiry
10 August 2023
Consultation start
20 July 2023
Consultation end
10 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
20 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 August 2023
Last date for comments
13 September 2023
Target decision date
13 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning and Law Ltd
Agent address
107 Lawsons Road, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 4PP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 August 2023
Site notice end
10 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12283425
Documents
14
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.

Source: Blackpool

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