1 Trefoil Close Thornton Cleveleys Lancashire FY5 2ZN Data via plota.co.uk

26/00086/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed change of use from residential dwelling (Use Class C3) into childrens care home (Use Class C2), accommodating up to two children and up to two carers at any one time. A maximum of 3 Carers. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Feb 2026
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Consultation
8 Apr 2026
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Committee
6 May 2026
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Approved
7 May 2026

Approved on 7 May 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Wyre Planning Committee on 6 May 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the home would not cause significant harm to residential amenity, highway safety or flooding.
  • Residents objected over parking, traffic, noise, visibility, antisocial behaviour and the change from ordinary residential use.
  • The committee approved the application as recommended, subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public views, committee debate, vote and conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Wyre's committee minutes of 6 May 2026.

Documents 19

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Thornton (Wyre) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 3 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

Sales history 4

Last sold for £152,000 in June 2005. Detached house, freehold.

29 June 2005£152,000
27 May 2004£144,000
31 October 2003£114,737
31 May 1996£49,250

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Wyre
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
FY5 2ZN
Received
3 Feb 2026
Validated
3 Feb 2026
Ward
Pheasant Wood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Mar 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
7 May 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Leeming Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 93 days from validation, 36 days slower than Wyre's median of 57 for changes of use. Approved, as 81% of changes of use here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
13%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wyre in the last twelve months, from validation. Wyre decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14659826
Neighbours
10 Feb 2026
Consultation
8 Apr 2026
Comments by
29 Apr 2026
Committee
6 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Wyre
Planning Authority Score
1.2/10
Poor
#288 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Wyre is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #272 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 66% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wyre decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #243 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #228 of 296
38%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #272 of 296
66%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #281 of 296
56%
Minor dwellings approved
41 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
52 decided
539
Total decisions
90 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.