Brownfield land in Blackpool: 64 sites on the register
Part of development land in Lancashire — 694 sites across 14 councils.
Blackpool Borough Council has published 64 brownfield sites in Blackpool on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 27.5 hectares with an estimated capacity of 1,445 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Blackpool register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land at NSI Site, Preston Road, Blackpool, FY3 9YP | 4.83 | — | permissioned |
| Land at former National Savings and Investment Site, Preston New Road, Blackpool, FY3 9YP | 3.31 | 115 | permissioned |
| Tram Depot, Rigby Road, Blackpool, FY1 5DD | 2.61 | 183 | not yet |
| Land at Coopers Way, Blackpool, FY1 3RJ | 1.97 | — | permissioned |
| Land at Devonshire Road & Talbot Road, Blackpool, FY3 8AZ | 1.47 | 118 | not yet |
| Mexford House, Mexford Avenue, Blackpool, FY2 0XN | 1.08 | 44 | not yet |
| Site of former E H Booth and Company Ltd, Highfield Road, Blackpool, FY4 5AP | 1.02 | — | permissioned |
| 200-210 Watson Road, Blackpool, FY4 3EE | 0.89 | 38 | not yet |
Source: Blackpool Borough Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 3 further entries repeat the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once. 17 of the 64 sites (27%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 47 that do — the real total is higher.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Blackpool register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. 1,445 is what the council thinks Blackpool’s register could take — your scheme, your design and the Local Plan will move it.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register Blackpool
- Development land in Blackpool
- How much brownfield land is there in Blackpool?
- Where can I build houses in Blackpool?
- Blackpool land availability assessment
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