Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Blackpool Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
20,122 approved · 3,164 refused · 1,123 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 1995 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
515 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JX
Received 24 Aug 2011NORTH PIER, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NE
Received 25 Aug 2011NORTH PIER, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NE
Received 25 Aug 2011BLACKPOOL NORTH SHORE GOLF CLUB (ADJ DEVONSHIRE ROAD BOUNDARY OPPOSITE JUNCTION WITH GALWAY AVENUE), BLACKPOOL
Received 25 Aug 201194 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9NS
Received 25 Aug 201121 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 26 Aug 2011102 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JJ
Received 30 Aug 2011BUS SHELTERS ON LYTHAM ROAD (ADJACENT BURLINGTON ROAD, HAIGH ROAD, 2 BY HORNCLIFFE ROAD & SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL)
Received 30 Aug 2011BUS SHELTERS ON ST ANNES ROAD (ADJACENT HALFWAY HOUSE, HIGHFIELD ROAD, ARNOLD SCHOOL AND PALATINE SCHOOL) AND CENTRAL DRIVE( ADJACENT PALMER AVENUE)
Received 30 Aug 2011FOUR BUS SHELTERS ON DEVONSHIRE ROAD AND FLEETWOOD ROAD (ADJACENT KYLEMORE AVE, GALWAY AVE, BROMSGROVE AVE AND RUSSELL AVE)
Received 30 Aug 2011BUS SHELTERS ON WESTCLIFFE DRIVE (ADJ LAYTON INSTITUTE AND NUMBER 21), WHITEGATE DRIVE (2 ADJ HEALTH CENTRE), TALBOT ROAD (ADJ SPENCER COURT) AND POULTON ROAD ADJ GARAGE
Received 30 Aug 2011BALI-HAI, BENNETTS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BE
Received 30 Aug 201128-38 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TE
Received 30 Aug 201128-38 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TE
Received 30 Aug 2011BALMORAL REST HOME, 2 CONWAY AVENUE & 70 KELSO AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Sept 201177-81 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 31 Aug 2011201 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DL
Received 1 Sept 2011257 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PB
Received 2 Sept 20116 WALPOLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SF
Received 5 Sept 2011SYCAMORE NURSERIES, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 6 Sept 2011302-306 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EY
Received 5 Sept 201127 LOWREY TERRACE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DR
Received 6 Sept 2011LAND ON BACK CLARENDON ROAD, (REAR 1-5 CLARENDON ROAD) BLACKPOOL
Received 6 Sept 2011428 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AY
Received 6 Sept 2011Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Blackpool Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
Check collection coverage