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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.
20,272 approved · 3,183 refused · 1,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PZ
Received 16 Dec 201189 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BX
Received 16 Dec 201121 CHAMPAGNE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3UD
Received 16 Dec 2011218 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EE
Received 19 Dec 20112 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DN
Received 20 Dec 201143 RAWCLIFFE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BZ
Received 21 Dec 2011PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOME FOR THE BLIND, BOSWORTH PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SH
Received 21 Dec 20112A WALPOLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SF
Received 23 Dec 201183-91 MILBOURNE STREET & 78-80 ELIZABETH STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 23 Dec 201153 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DG
Received 23 Dec 201122 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AU
Received 26 Dec 2011FYLDE COAST HOSPITAL, ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BG
Received 23 Dec 2011467 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JH
Received 28 Dec 2011LAND ADJACENT 95 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DG
Received 28 Dec 201172-74 CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PD
Received 28 Dec 201143 LUNEDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LL
Received 28 Dec 2011201 BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JF
Received 2 Jan 201217 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 4 Jan 2012LAYTON RAILWAY BRIDGE, PLYMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 4 Jan 2012LAND TO THE REAR OF PALATINE COMMUNITY SPORTS COLLEGE, ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AR
Received 5 Jan 2012MCDONALDS, RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EP
Received 5 Jan 2012MCDONALDS, RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DE
Received 5 Jan 2012MCDONALDS, RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DE
Received 5 Jan 201217 WINCHCOMBE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HJ
Received 6 Jan 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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