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10 Clifton Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 4RF

25/0904Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 February 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Use of the premises as an independent school for educating 24 pupils and 12 staff, alterations to existing parking provision (formation of a staff car park), creation of vehicle access and pedestrian entrance and erection of a timber fence.

Received
17 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Clifton
Agent
Ribble Valley Architecture Ltd
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 10 CLIFTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RF. Blackpool has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Clifton. We hold 216 applications in total for the FY4 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
FY4 4RF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Consultation expiry
29 January 2026
Consultation start
5 January 2026
Consultation end
29 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
5 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
29 January 2026
Last date for comments
17 February 2026
Target decision date
17 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Ribble Valley Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
RIBBLE VALLEY ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
22 Station Road, Whalley, BB7 9RH

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr James Grundy
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
29 January 2026
Site notice start
8 January 2026
Site notice end
29 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14570044
Documents
17
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Jun

    Discharge of the national biodiversity net gain condition and discharge of conditions 6 (landscaping) and 8…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/0353
  2. 2025
    17 Dec

    Use of the premises as an independent school for educating 24 pupils and 12 staff, alterations to existing…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/0904

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