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240 Newton Drive, Blackpool, FY3 8NB

23/0802Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 February 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of a single storey building to rear of garage for use as an office.

Received
1 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Layton
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 240 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NB. Blackpool has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Layton. We hold 461 applications in total for the FY3 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
FY3 8NB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2023
Consultation expiry
31 January 2024
Consultation start
5 December 2023
Consultation end
31 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
10 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
31 January 2024
Last date for comments
7 February 2024
Target decision date
7 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
68 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
31 January 2024
Site notice end
31 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12571169
Documents
18
Constraints
7

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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