Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

70 CHESTERFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PL

Awaiting decision Blackpool 26/0398

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Use of premises as HMO for up to 5 persons.

As published by the council, reference 26/0398

Application record

Reference
26/0398
Status
Unknown
Received
3 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Claremont
Decision by
Development Control Committee
Postcode
FY1 2PL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Jul 2026

    Received by Blackpool

  2. 24 Jul 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 30 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Unknown

    Previously Registered.

  5. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 18 September 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

4 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What happens while it is decided

The process from here

This application is with Blackpool for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

About this record

Reading the register

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Blackpool is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

Every planning application follows the same broad path: submission, validation, publicity, then a decision by officers or committee. Our guide to planning application types explains the common types and what each can approve.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 27 CHESTERFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PP

    26/0397 Submitted 3 Jul 2026 168m away

    70% historically approved · decision due ~18 Sep

    Use of property as HMO for up to 5 persons.

    Awaiting decision 4 docs
  • 17 CHESTERFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PP

    23/0052 Submitted 27 Jan 2023 175m away

    Use of premises a residential dwelling where care is provided within Use Class C3(b) (Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use)

    Granted Lawful development 13 docs
    Domestic
  • WESTMINSTER ACADEMY, WESTMINSTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QE

    26/0310 Submitted 9 Jun 2026 179m away

    70% historically approved · decision due ~6 Oct

    Erection of 2.5m high timber fencing to the front boundary of the school.

    Awaiting decision 10 docs
  • WESTMINSTER ACADEMY, WESTMINSTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QE

    26/0309 Submitted 9 Jun 2026 179m away

    70% historically approved · decision due ~12 Aug

    Erection of an external canopy and 2m high mesh fencing and gates within the site. (Certificate ...

    Decided 11 docs
  • 33 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU

    26/0311 Submitted 9 Jun 2026 245m away

    70% historically approved · decision due ~26 Aug

    Use of premises as 2 self-contained permanent residential flats (Certificate of Lawfulness Existing)

    Decided New dwelling 8 docs
  • 103-105 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RW

    21/0479 Submitted 27 May 2021 255m away

    External alterations to include application of render to gable wall, installation of new shop front with security shutters, erection of 2.1 metre high double gates to side, conversion of existing garage to storeroom and use of ground floor and first floor as altered as retail shop with ancillary storage.

    Refused Full applications Windows or glazing 13 docs