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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.
20,340 approved · 3,201 refused · 1,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
188 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DJ
Received 9 Jan 2012STANLEY PARK, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 10 Jan 2012MCDONALDS, RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DE
Received 10 Jan 2012513-515 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1TE
Received 11 Jan 201237 SHERBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PN
Received 16 Jan 2012GREYSTONES, SANDON PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PU
Received 16 Jan 201235 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RJ
Received 17 Jan 201235 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RJ
Received 17 Jan 201215 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PR
Received 18 Jan 201239 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT
Received 18 Jan 2012WHALLEY VILLA HOLIDAY PARK, WHALLEY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PL
Received 18 Jan 201217-21 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 19 Jan 2012THE SYCAMORES, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EP
Received 20 Jan 2012397 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ED
Received 20 Jan 2012BLACKPOOL RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB, ALL SAINTS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AL
Received 23 Jan 201215 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HJ
Received 24 Jan 201218 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BD
Received 25 Jan 2012TALBOT COURT, 1-9 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AP
Received 25 Jan 2012202-206 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HJ
Received 26 Jan 2012101 MOOR PARK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LZ
Received 26 Jan 2012461 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AR
Received 26 Jan 2012461 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AR
Received 26 Jan 2012WATSON ROAD PARK, WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EG
Received 25 Jan 2012STANLEY BUILDINGS, STANLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QL
Received 26 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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