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20 Norwood Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 7DJ

26/0152Cert. of Lawful Use (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 June 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of roof mounted solar panels to rear roof slope.

Received
20 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Layton
Agent
AF Planning & Design Limited
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Jun
  4. Target2 Jun
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at 20 NORWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DJ. Blackpool has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. The site is in the Layton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Layton. We hold 462 applications in total for the FY3 postcode area.

88% of outline 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 7DJ
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Use (Proposed)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Consultation expiry
12 June 2026
Consultation start
12 May 2026
Consultation end
12 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 June 2026
Last date for comments
2 June 2026
Target decision date
2 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AF Planning & Design Limited
Architect profile
AF PLANNING & DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
10 Elm Court, Leyland, Preston, PR25 1FF

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 May 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 June 2026
Site notice end
12 June 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14769788
Documents
10
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Layton
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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