Land Adjacent to Sycamore, Division Lane, Blackpool, FY4 5DZ Data via plota.co.uk

25/0689 - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Erection of a single private dwelling house and garage with access from Division Lane and associated landscaping and driveway (self-build/custom build dwelling). Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
25 Sept 2025
✓
Validated
9 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
27 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
17 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 17 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

Marton Moss conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Article 4 direction
Article 4 Direction - C3 to C4 HMO. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
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 ↗
National infrastructure project about 171 m away: Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets
The site is about 171 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 17 m away: Blackpool; Inside the Blackpool built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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
Blackpool
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
FY4 5DZ
Received
25 Sept 2025
Validated
9 Jan 2026
Ward
Stanley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Mar 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
17 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
ALH Design Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 67 days from validation, 8 days slower than Blackpool's median of 59 for new homes. Refused, as 26% of new homes here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
9%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Blackpool in the last twelve months, from validation. Blackpool decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14358454
Planning Portal ref
PP-14358454
Neighbours
15 Jan 2026
Consultation
27 Feb 2026
Comments by
18 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
15 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
Blackpool
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#204 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Blackpool ranks #101 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Blackpool is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 78% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 78% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Blackpool decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #232 of 296
78%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #285 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #101 of 296
43%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #169 of 296
58%
Minor dwellings approved
19 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
2 decided (10+ homes)
83%
Change of use approved
41 decided
351
Total decisions
60 refused in the year to March 2026