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Leamington House Nurseries, Worthington Road, Blackpool, FY4 5EH

26/0407Cert. of Lawful Use (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 August 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Installation of roof mounted solar panels.

Received
24 July 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Longtown
Agent
AF Planning & Design Limited
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at LEAMINGTON HOUSE NURSERIES, WORTHINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EH. Blackpool has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 5 weeks quicker than Blackpool's typical decision time. The site is in the Marton Moss conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Longtown. We hold 219 applications in total for the FY4 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
FY4 5EH
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Use (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Arthuret

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2026
Last date for comments
18 September 2026
Target decision date
18 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
AF Planning & Design Limited
Agent address
10 Elm Court, Leyland, Preston, PR25 1FF

Planning decision

Case officer
James Thompson
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15104618
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
6

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: Marton Moss
  • 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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