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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.
20,367 approved · 3,210 refused · 1,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Nov 1994 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 WHARFEDALE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AN
Received 27 Jan 2012KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAHS WITNESSES, FLEET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PJ
Received 27 Jan 2012259 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0UL
Received 27 Jan 201266 WITHNELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HE
Received 27 Jan 201222-24 KNOWLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RX
Received 30 Jan 2012129-131 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LZ
Received 30 Jan 2012CORAL ISLAND, 1-23 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TQ
Received 30 Jan 20129 WATERHEAD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QR
Received 30 Jan 2012452 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QT
Received 30 Jan 2012STANLEY HOUSE, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QF
Received 31 Jan 201222 PLYMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JP
Received 31 Jan 2012CORAL ISLAND, 1-23 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TQ
Received 30 Jan 2012CORAL ISLAND, 1-23 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TQ
Received 30 Jan 2012349 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BJ
Received 1 Feb 2012NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH, QUEEN VICTORIA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LF
Received 1 Feb 20128 CARLTON GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LA
Received 2 Feb 2012NORTH VIEW, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QA
Received 2 Feb 2012ABBEY ROAD CLINIC, ABBEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LA
Received 2 Feb 201211 QUEBEC AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NU
Received 3 Feb 2012511 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1TE
Received 7 Feb 2012202-206 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HJ
Received 6 Feb 201212 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DU
Received 7 Feb 2012LAND ADJACENT TO 8 COTTESMORE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8SB
Received 8 Feb 201222 PLYMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JP
Received 7 Feb 2012Records 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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