New Thursby Nursing Home 604 Clifton Drive North Lytham St Annes FY8 2RN Data via plota.co.uk

26/0588 - Full Planning Permission Under Consideration

Proposal

Retrospective application for installation of fire escape staircase to rear of building including insertion of doorway to first floor and alteration to size of first floor window Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:10

Application progress

✓

Received

5 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

7 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 2 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 28 Nov 2026, from Fylde's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 29 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 6

Site constraints 8

Green belt: Blackpool

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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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 5

Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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.

Special protection area about 78 m away: Ribble & Alt Estuaries

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

National infrastructure project about 335 m away: Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets

The site is about 335 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 ↗

SSSI about 13 m away: Lytham St Annes Dunes SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 18 m away: Coastal sand dunes.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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.

Building

Floor area1,229 m² (13,229 sq ft)

Energy ratingB (asset rating 50)

UseC2 Residential Institutions - Hospitals and Care Homes

HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Fylde
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: FY8 2RN
Received: 5 Oct 2026
Validated: 7 Oct 2026
Ward: Kilgrimol
Parish: St Anne's on the Sea
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: FOSTER & WALSH ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
Freehold owner: Show

Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Fylde usually decides extensions by day 52.

prediction

Day 2135 days to the 56-day target

68%decided within 8 weeks

99%approved

209decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 8 Oct 2026
Comments by: 29 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 8 Oct 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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner and leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.