Planning application
LAND AT FORESHORE AND PROMENADE FROM GYNN SQUARE TO SANDCASTLE, SOUTH PIER, BLACKPOOL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Coastal defence works comprising of installation of rock groynes and associated works including cross-over ramps, revetment tie-in structures, temporary construction compounds and periodic beach recharge on the upper beach, provision of temporary diversions and storage of waste prior to removal.
As published by the council, reference 26/0084
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0084
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 13 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 3 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Warbreck
- Decision by
- Development Control Committee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Feb 2026
Received by Blackpool
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3 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Blackpool took a median of 73 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
52 documents on file for this application
- Lancashire wildlife trust comments
- Flood risk methodology approach supplementary note
- Applicant response to lancashire wildlife trust
- Environmental statement clarifications
- Applicant response to rnli comments
- Lancashire wildlife trust comments
- Rnli cover letter
- Rnli main objection
- Archaeology - lcc
- Blackpool airport
- Environment agency
- Historic england
- Gazette notice
- Site notices
- Natural england - response
- Natural england - annex a
- Marine licensing management
- Environmental statement
- Headland layout overview
- Top mark and pile details
- Typical dog leg layout
- Typical straight layout
- Typical y shape layout
- Typical y shape section and details
- Application form
- Location and site plan
- Site location context plan
- Volume 1: non-technical summary
- Planning, design and access statement
- Environmental action plan
- Construction dust mitigation measures
- Statutory biodiversity metric start
- Photomontages 1 of 2
- Photomontages 2 of 2
- Flood risk assessment
- Habitat regulations assessment screening report
- Marine conservation zone assessment
- Biodiversity net gain design stage report
- Preliminary ecological appraisal
- Type 3 photomontage methodology
- Baseline representative viewpoint photographs
- Landscape masterplan
- Cultural heritage desk based assessment (with annex a and b)
- Indicative plant and equipment complement
- Environmental figures part 1 of 2
- Environmental figures part 2 of 2
- Headland layout, sections, top marks and pile details
- Cover letter
- Eia screening and scoping opinion (signed)
- Eia screening and scoping opinions
- Coastal processes
- Water framework directive assessment
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Blackpool for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Blackpool decided full applications in a median of 81 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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