A derelict hotel, new homes and an egg - these are the latest plans for the ever changing face of Blackpool

Plans to breathe fresh life into an arson-hit former hotel and proposals for new football pitches near Blackpool Airport are among those revealed in the last week.
By Paul Berentzen
Published 23rd Feb 2020, 11:45 BST
Updated 23rd Feb 2020, 12:03 BST
A controversial fried egg, concerns over the Stanley Park golf course plans, new football pitches and a derelict hotel are just some of the schemes to hit the headlines in the last week.A controversial fried egg, concerns over the Stanley Park golf course plans, new football pitches and a derelict hotel are just some of the schemes to hit the headlines in the last week.
A controversial fried egg, concerns over the Stanley Park golf course plans, new football pitches and a derelict hotel are just some of the schemes to hit the headlines in the last week.

Here's your run down of some of the schemes going before Blackpool's planners to help you keep up.

Not the best Ambassador for Blackpool?

Since it shut around seven years ago, the seafront Ambassador hotel has had a problem with anti-social behaviour - including a major fire in 2018.

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But now it is set to be transformed into "prestigious" flats and given a new lease of life, if new plans are given the go-ahead.

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A lifeline for stalled homes plans

A major project to build more than 400 new homes in Blackpool was abruptly halted when the contractor went into administration last year.

With more than 200 homes unfinished, Blackpool Council has now revealed when it hopes to be able to get work back underway amid efforts to revive the scheme at Foxhall Village.

Pitch perfect

Plans for a sports village at the Blackpool Airport enterprise zone are taking shape.

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Proposals for 12 football pitches at the site off Common Edge Road have now been put forward.

Questions over golf course plans

Plans to develop part of Blackpool's Stanley Park golf course have come under the spotlight amid concerns rules of a "false declaration" by the firm behind the scheme.

Blackpool Council is investigating the claims.

Help for vulnerable young people

A former homeless hostel in Blackpool could be brought back into use after the council agreed to buy it for £250,000.

The mothballed site is in good condition, bosses say, and there are plans to turn it into supported accommodation for young people.

Egg on their faces?

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And finally... planners have been forced to step in amid concerns about a fried egg.

The illuminated sign at Blackpool's Arts B&B has proven unpopular, with officials saying it has an adverse effect on the local conservation area - and ordering its removal.

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