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Former Public Office And T&L Building, 288-294 Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1LH

20/0316Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 September 2022

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING: 1) CHANGE OF USE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICES BUILDING (292-294 CLIFTON DRIVE SOUTH) FROM OFFICE USE (CLASS B1) TO RETAIL (CLASS A1) WITH ANCILLARY CAFE (CLASS A3) INCLUDING DECKING AREA TO REAR, ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING, AND DEMOLITION OF OUTBUILDING TO REAR; 2) DEMOLITION OF FORMER COUNCIL OFFICE BUILDING (288-290 CLIFTON DRIVE SOUTH) AND ERECTION OF 4 STOREY BUILDING PROVIDING 23 No. ONE AND TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS; AND 3) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE, CAR PARKING AND LANDSCAPING

Received
11 May 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Central
Agent
DC & MG Associates Ltd
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated28 May
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 854 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at FORMER PUBLIC OFFICE AND T&L BUILDING, 288-294 CLIFTON DRIVE SOUTH, LYTHAM ST ANNES, FY8 1LH. Fylde has handled 1,082 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,195 applications in total for the FY8 postcode area.

98% of full applications at Fylde Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
FY8 1LH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
St Anne's on the Sea

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 May 2020
Consultation expiry
26 June 2020
Consultation start
2 June 2020
Consultation end
26 June 2020
Neighbour consultation start
2 June 2020
Neighbour consultation end
26 June 2020
Last date for comments
27 August 2020
Committee meeting
9 December 2020
Application expires
27 August 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
DC & MG Associates Ltd
Architect profile
DC & MG ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
The Annexe Rear of 29 Station Road Kirkham PR4 2HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 June 2020
Advertisement expiry
26 June 2020
Site notice start
2 June 2020
Site notice end
26 June 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08600441
Comments
0
Documents
52
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas.

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: Fylde

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