Blackpool crazy golf plan gets go ahead

Homeless people will be given opportunity to work on the project to bring the course on Princes Parade, just north of the Metropole Hotel, back into use and open to the public.

The proposals were approved by town hall planners using their delegated powers.

Setting out their decision, they say the scheme " is a welcome venture and the repainting of the holes would have minimal impact on the area.

"The storage unit is quite small in footprint and would sit nicely within a small alcove adjacent the kiosk and painted the same colour as the kiosk (cream and British Racing Green), having minimal impact on the site and conservation area.

"The five benches proposed would replicate those there originally. "

The Blackpool and Fylde Street Angels and Blackpool Fulfilling Lives, which both help vulnerable people, are joining forces to run the project.

Work will include removing weeds, painting the 18-hole course in vibrant colours, restoring fencing and replacing benches. The hut will also be refurbished while new huts will be added to store equipment and sell refreshments.

Community leaders hope to launch a social enterprise where the course can be run by Blackpool's street community under the supervision of Blackpool Street Angels.

Funding will come from sources including Fulfilling Lives which has worked with more than 500 people with multiple complex needs such as homelessness, drug use and re-offending issues, since it was set up in 2014.

Its annual budget of £1.5m has been fully funded by the Big Lottery Fund but funding ends in March 2021.

But legacy funding will go towards setting up the golf project to provide people with skills and employment.