24-26 St Georges Road Lytham St Annes Lancashire FY8 2AE Data via plota.co.uk

26/0528 - Full Planning Permission Under Consideration

Proposal

Change of use of upper floors of building to six self-contained flats (use Class C3) including replacement of three ground floor windows on east facing elevation with doorways Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
21 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 15 Nov 2026 and 7 Dec 2026, from Fylde's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 29 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

Registered park or garden about 22 m away: Ashton Gardens
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Midland Bank, Grade II, about 52 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1095 m away: Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets; Inside the Lytham St Anne's built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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 2AE
Received
2 Sept 2026
Validated
21 Sept 2026
Ward
Kilgrimol
Parish
St Anne's on the Sea
Case officer
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Applicant
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Agent
LINDSAY ORAM ARCHITECT

Decision outlook

Day 18 of the 56-day target. Fylde usually decides changes of use by day 65.

Day 1847 days to the predicted decision (day 65)
44%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
7%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
23 Sept 2026
Comments by
29 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
23 Sept 2026
Fylde
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#130 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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