16 new Blackpool planning applications including sports pitches and padel courts

In total, 16 applications were validated across the town, including plans for new sports pitches and padel courts, changes at the former Odeon cinema and a proposed new restaurant and bar

Below we have outlined all of the plans, but you can read them in full on the council’s planning portal.

Week beginning April 13, 2026

Reference 26/0196 – 9 Lytham Road

Received and validated: April 13, 2026

Non-material amendment to planning application 25/0588 to allow an amended bay window to the ground floor.

Reference 26/0195 – 42 Neville Avenue

Received and validated: April 13, 2026

Erection of a side extension and demolition of a garage, with no impact on existing off-road parking.

Reference 26/0178 – Land between Seasiders Way and Central Drive

Validated: April 13, 2026 (received April 2, 2026)

Provision of two 7-a-side 3G football pitches, two padel courts and a multi-use games area, along with floodlighting, landscaping, parking and associated works.

Week beginning April 6, 2026

Reference 26/0194 – 1-3 Bolton Street

Received and validated: April 10, 2026

Non-material amendment to allow reconfiguration of the internal floor layout.

Reference 26/0193 – Former Odeon Cinema, Rigby Road

Received and validated: April 10, 2026

Discharge of condition relating to lighting attached to a previous planning permission.

Reference 26/0191 – Common Edge Community Sports Village

Received and validated: April 9, 2026

Extension of the existing car park.

Reference 26/0192 – Plot 7A, Blackpool Airport land

Received and validated: April 9, 2026

Discharge of condition relating to a ground gas risk assessment.

Reference 26/0190 – 31 Bloomfield Road

Received and validated: April 9, 2026

Use of a side gable wall for advertising in the form of a painted mural.

Reference 26/0182 – Revoe CP School, Grasmere Road

Received and validated: April 7, 2026

Resurfacing of the outdoor sports and play area, with new fencing and gates.

Reference 26/0181 – 72 Anchorsholme Lane East

Received and validated: April 6, 2026

Erection of a 2m high fence to enclose a side garden area.

Reference 26/0179 – Mereside Methodist Church, Grizedale Road

Validated: April 9, 2026 (received April 3, 2026)

Erection of a single-storey side extension, new vehicle access and parking, and use of the building as a children’s day nursery.

Reference 26/0175 – Tulloch Court, Cherry Tree Road

Validated: April 8, 2026 (received April 1, 2026)

Installation of an external boiler flue.

Reference 26/0159 – 1 Beetham Place

Validated: April 8, 2026 (received March 26, 2026)

Use of the premises as a residential dwelling for adults in receipt of care.

Reference 26/0143 – Rear of 2 Haig Road

Validated: April 7, 2026 (received March 17, 2026)

External alterations including a porch and boundary fencing, and use as a single private dwelling (retrospective).

Reference 26/0140 – 192 Preston Old Road

Validated: April 7, 2026 (received March 16, 2026)

Reduction of branches by 20 per cent to a protected copper beech tree.

Reference 26/0185 – 294 Devonshire Road

Validated: April 10, 2026

Change of use from a florist to a restaurant and ancillary bar.