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Independent Methodist Church, Central Drive, Blackpool, FY1 5JW

24/0635Cert. of Lawful Use (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 February 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Use of premises as a place of worship (F1(f)), for the provision of education (F1(a)) and community hall (F2(b)) with overall use class as Sui Generis (Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed)

Received
12 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Victoria
Agent
Aamir Design Ltd
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH, CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JW. Blackpool has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 7 weeks longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Victoria. We hold 159 applications in total for the FY1 postcode area.

88% of outline 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
FY1 5JW
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Use (Proposed)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2024
Last date for comments
28 February 2025
Target decision date
28 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Aamir Design Ltd
Architect profile
AAMIR DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
P. O. Box 277, Preston, PR1 6GQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
94 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13551490
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
2

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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