Planning appeal decision
23 Ackroyd Place, Blackpool, FY4 4ZD
Planning appeal 3304520 at 23 Ackroyd Place, Blackpool, FY4 4ZD (Blackpool Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 February 2023 by Inspector Manchester S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
conversion of existing integral garage into family play room
- Authority
- Blackpool Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Manchester S
- Postcode
- FY4 4ZD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposal would harm character and appearance through loss of parking space and the visual dominance of necessary additional hardstanding parking, conflicting with development plan policies and NPPF design principles, with no material considerations to outweigh this conflict.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS6Policy CS7Policy LQ1Policy LQ6Policy AS1Policy DM17Policy DM21Policy DM41Policy BH3
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Blackpool Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Dismissed17 June 2026600254148 Beechfield Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 9JH
- Dismissed17 June 2026600253650 Beechfield Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 9JH
- Dismissed2 June 20266005551103-105 Warley Road, Blackpool, FY1 2RW
- Dismissed1 April 202660037046 Primrose Avenue, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 2LJ
- Allowed24 March 2026600295122, All Hallows Road, Blackpool, FY2 0AS
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®