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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.
20,093 approved · 3,158 refused · 1,123 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
102 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QL
Received 29 Jul 201115 LEYFIELD CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7RQ
Received 1 Aug 201158 WALPOLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SE
Received 1 Aug 20112A SHAW ROAD AND 33 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AB
Received 1 Aug 20111 LONSDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EE
Received 2 Aug 2011FISHERS FIELD, HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3JU
Received 1 Aug 201113 ADDISON CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AG
Received 2 Aug 201148 COOKSON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EA
Received 2 Aug 20119-19 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DG
Received 2 Aug 201125-35 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AD
Received 2 Aug 201125-35 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AD
Received 2 Aug 201152 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BA
Received 3 Aug 2011340 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 3 Aug 2011G CASINO, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BB
Received 4 Aug 2011G CASINO, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BB
Received 4 Aug 201123 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DH
Received 4 Aug 2011101 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 4 Aug 201116 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 3 Aug 201114 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 3 Aug 2011201 BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JF
Received 8 Aug 2011270 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ND
Received 4 Aug 201121 MOSSOM LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RJ
Received 5 Aug 2011PLOT 104, UNIT 3, CALDER COURT, SHOREBURY POINT, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RH
Received 5 Aug 201168 PLOVERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FE
Received 9 Aug 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.
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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.
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