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278A Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9BS

24/0348Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 August 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of new gates to the Whitegate Drive entrance and erection of site boundary fencing to the south side perimeter.

Received
5 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Marton
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Sep
  4. Target30 Aug
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 278A WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BS. Blackpool has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Marton. 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 9BS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2024
Consultation expiry
8 September 2024
Consultation start
8 July 2024
Consultation end
8 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
8 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
8 September 2024
Last date for comments
30 August 2024
Target decision date
30 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Blackpool Council
Agent address
Number 1 Bickerstaffe, Talbot Road, Bickerstaffe Square, Blackpool, FY1 3AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
8 September 2024
Site notice start
18 July 2024
Site notice end
8 September 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
Not specified

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
12

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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