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The Farthings Nursing Home, Wilson Square, Blackpool, FY5 1RF

26/0360Approved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Granted Conditionally

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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

Erection of a two-storey rear extension to provide an internal lift and an external staircase to ...

Received
29 June 2026
Ward
Norbreck
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 37 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a two storey rear extension at THE FARTHINGS NURSING HOME, WILSON SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RF. Blackpool has handled 974 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Blackpool's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Norbreck. We hold 606 applications in total for the FY5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
FY5 1RF
Parish
Arthuret

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Stephen Daniel

Additional information

Documents
3

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.

Source: Blackpool

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