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Dismissed18 September 20243344488

Festival Leisure Park, Rigby Road, Blackpool, FY1 5EP

Planning appeal 3344488 at Festival Leisure Park, Rigby Road, Blackpool, FY1 5EP (Blackpool Borough Council) was dismissed on 18 September 2024 by Inspector Ollerenshaw M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed use having regard to the development plan strategy relating to employment uses and the Council's regeneration objectives for the area.

external alterations to Unit 1 (the former Odeon building) including installation of roller shutters and a canopy to rear following the demolition of an existing bin store and use of Unit 1 as altered as a self- storage unit (Class B8), addition of a drive-thru lane to Unit 3 (the former Frankie and Benny’s), additional drive-thru lane at Unit 5 (McDonalds) installation of a pedestrian access ramp off Rigby Road and alterations to the car parking layout

Authority
Blackpool Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Major retail and services
Inspector
Ollerenshaw M
Postcode
FY1 5EP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed use having regard to the development plan strategy relating to employment uses and the Council's regeneration objectives for the area

What decided it

The proposal's conflict with the development plan strategy directing large-scale employment/storage uses to allocated employment land, undermining the site's role in leisure park viability and the Council's regeneration objectives.

The moderate weight attached to the scheme's benefits did not outweigh the significant weight attached to the harm from the unsuitable location and conflict with the development plan strategy.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS1CS3CS12CS24DM7DM8
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 127Paragraph 86Paragraph 135

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