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Layton Depot, Depot Road, Blackpool, FY3 7HW

24/0110Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 November 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Siting of modular building for use as an office for a temporary period of 5 years (retrospective application).

Received
27 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Park
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.4 Jul
  4. Target22 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 158 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at LAYTON DEPOT, DEPOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HW. Blackpool has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 265 days, 30 weeks longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Park. 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
FY3 7HW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2024
Consultation expiry
4 July 2024
Consultation start
13 June 2024
Consultation end
4 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 July 2024
Last date for comments
22 November 2024
Target decision date
22 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Blackpool Council
Agent address
Bickerstaffe Square, Talbot Road, Blackpool, FY1 1NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
162 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 July 2024
Site notice start
13 June 2024
Site notice end
4 July 2024

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
17

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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