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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.
20,216 approved · 3,178 refused · 1,125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
120-126 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PH
Received 16 Nov 201129 RIVERSWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PD
Received 17 Nov 201128 RAYMOND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0UB
Received 17 Nov 201113 HAZEL GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AX
Received 17 Nov 2011239 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AS
Received 18 Nov 201164A GREENWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PR
Received 18 Nov 201113 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EG
Received 21 Nov 2011190-194 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RJ
Received 21 Nov 201111 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AU
Received 21 Nov 2011CLAREMONT PARK, CLAREMONT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 21 Nov 2011EXCELLENT UK, COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DL
Received 21 Nov 20111 WINDLE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QX
Received 22 Nov 201170 ALEXANDRA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HW
Received 23 Nov 2011LAND TO REAR OF 111-115 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QP
Received 22 Nov 2011161 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DN
Received 24 Nov 201128 DALE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BY
Received 25 Nov 201117 COOP STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AJ
Received 25 Nov 20117 MEXFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0UE
Received 28 Nov 201129 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 29 Nov 2011MECCA BINGO, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HJ
Received 28 Nov 2011MECCA BINGO, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HJ
Received 28 Nov 2011CARLETON CREMATORIUM, STOCKS ROAD, POULTON-LE-FYLDE, FY6 7QS
Received 30 Nov 2011HAWES SIDE CLINIC, HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AJ
Received 30 Nov 2011277 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JA
Received 28 Dec 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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