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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.
20,487 approved · 3,228 refused · 1,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blackpool & The Fylde College, Ashfield Road
Received 14 Feb 19962 FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 7 Mar 201287 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BW
Received 7 Mar 20121-9 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LB
Received 7 Mar 201222 ROXBURGH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NU
Received 6 Mar 201226 CLOVELLY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RU
Received 7 Mar 2012467 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JH
Received 8 Mar 201270 BROUGHTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8EQ
Received 8 Mar 201266 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JF
Received 8 Mar 2012LAND ADJACENT 14 STRATHDALE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BB
Received 9 Mar 201231 RIVINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9ER
Received 12 Mar 201231 RIVINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9ER
Received 12 Mar 2012ROYAL OAK HOTEL, 322 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EY
Received 12 Mar 201297-99 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DJ
Received 12 Mar 201297-99 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DJ
Received 12 Mar 20124 CHEAPSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DW
Received 12 Mar 2012THE OLD BANK, 35 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AG
Received 12 Mar 20127-9 GENERAL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RW
Received 12 Mar 201273 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RE
Received 12 Mar 2012253 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6ET
Received 14 Mar 201256 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HT
Received 13 Mar 201237 BRENTWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QR
Received 14 Mar 2012LAND OFF RYSCAR WAY, KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0GH
Received 16 Mar 201213 CLIFTON CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NQ
Received 19 Mar 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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