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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.
20,197 approved · 3,176 refused · 1,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
FORMER BISPHAM LIBRARY, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HH
Received 3 Nov 201112-14 LONSDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EE
Received 3 Nov 20111A, 2B & 3C ENGLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JG
Received 3 Nov 2011230 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HY
Received 3 Nov 201121-23 YORKSHIRE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BG
Received 4 Nov 2011127 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QP
Received 7 Nov 2011350 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 7 Nov 2011506 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EE
Received 7 Nov 2011STANLEY PARK GARDENERS COTTAGE, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 8 Nov 201119/21 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HN
Received 8 Nov 2011ANCHORSHOLME PRIMARY SCHOOL, EASTPINES DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RX
Received 9 Nov 2011661 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RN
Received 9 Nov 201138 HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BN
Received 9 Nov 2011LAND ADJACENT 95 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DG
Received 10 Nov 2011198 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EU
Received 10 Nov 2011434 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 11 Nov 20117 TEESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 OTH
Received 11 Nov 2011LAYTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 200 KINGSCOTE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EN
Received 11 Nov 2011LAND AT WHYNDYKE FARM, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 14 Nov 201162 COWLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NE
Received 11 Nov 20114 ST STEPHENS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RG
Received 11 Nov 201124-32 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BE
Received 16 Nov 201134 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EX
Received 16 Nov 201134 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EX
Received 16 Nov 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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