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

25/00981/LAWP - Certificate of lawfulness - proposed Refused

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed change of use of dwelling (C3) to a children's care home (C2) for up to two young persons with a maximum of two carers and one manager (3 staff) at any time Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 15:36

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Application progress

✓

Received

1 Dec 2025

✗

Refused

26 Jan 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 26 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 13

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: Certificate of lawfulness - proposed
Postcode: FY5 2ZN
Received: 1 Dec 2025
Validated: 1 Dec 2025
Ward: Pheasant Wood
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 26 Jan 2026
Decision: Not lawful
Decision date: 26 Jan 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Leeming Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Refused, as 22% of lawful development certificates here are.

This one56d

Council57d

UK51d

49%decided within 8 weeks

78%approved

41decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Wyre in the last twelve months, from validation. Wyre decision record →

Public comments

19comments received

19 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 75%

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14527737
Statutory expiry: 26 Jan 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