Land North of Queensway/kilnhouse Lane Lytham St Annes Data via plota.co.uk

26/0122 - Full Planning Permission Under Consideration

Proposal

Hybrid application for: 1) full application for a mixed use development comprising a retail foodstore with a floor area of 1,969 square metres (use Class E(a)); a variety retail store with a floor area of 2,788 square metres with a 930 square metre garden centre (use Class E(a)); a mixed use unit comprising non food retail with a floor area of 780 square metres (use Class E(a)) and gym with a floor area of 780 square metres (use Class E(d); a drive through restaurant with a floor area of 212 square metres (use class sui generis); a drive through coffee shop with a floor area of 171 square metres (use class sui generis); and a petrol filling station with a floor area of 485 square metres (use class sui generis) together with car parking, access from Queensway, diversion of bridleway, landscaping and other associated infrastructure; and 2) outline application with all matters reserved except access for erection of employment units with a maximum floor space of up to 4,014 square metres for flexible class (e)(g) and B8 use with associated infrastructure and access from scafell road Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
24 Feb 2026
✓
Validated
31 Mar 2026
Decision
Target date was 26 May 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 11 Nov 2026; it is now day 225.

The consultation period closed on 19 May 2026.

Documents 45

Statements & assessments 17

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
National infrastructure project about 240 m away: Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets
The site is about 240 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Green belt about 11 m away: Blackpool.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 3 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Fylde
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
FY8 3ET
Received
24 Feb 2026
Validated
31 Mar 2026
Ward
Kilnhouse New
Parish
St Anne's on the Sea
Case officer
Show
Applicant
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Agent
De Pol Associates

Decision outlook

Day 225, past the statutory target. 56% of commercial and major works in Fylde are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 4 Nov 2026.

Day 225169 days past the 56-day target
28%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Fylde in the last twelve months, from validation. Fylde decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
2 Apr 2026
Comments by
19 May 2026
Site or press notice
27 Apr 2026
Fylde
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#130 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Fylde ranks #184 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Fylde decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #11 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #17 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #184 of 296
49%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #220 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
43 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
100%
Change of use approved
28 decided
422
Total decisions
16 refused in the year to March 2026