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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.
20,672 approved · 3,262 refused · 1,127 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 KING EDWARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TD
Received 3 May 2012102 HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DL
Received 3 May 2012UNDERBAR, 40 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RY
Received 3 May 2012FOOTPATH ADJACENT TO 146 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HH
Received 3 May 201227 & 27A CHAPEL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AW
Received 4 May 201237 LUNE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PL
Received 4 May 201287-95 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BZ
Received 7 May 201221 DUNCAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DB
Received 10 May 2012QUEENS HOTEL, 467-471 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AY
Received 8 May 201253 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BX
Received 8 May 201223 TERANCE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ER
Received 9 May 201272-74 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HB
Received 9 May 2012FORMER LAYTON CEMETERY CHAPEL, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 May 2012198 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4TH
Received 10 May 201292 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HB
Received 11 May 20122 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AU
Received 11 May 20122 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AU
Received 11 May 2012TESCO STORE, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 14 May 201220 WHARFEDALE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AN
Received 14 May 2012120 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TR
Received 14 May 20126 LOW MOOR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PG
Received 15 May 2012109 MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EX
Received 16 May 201226 FERNDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3JD
Received 16 May 201291 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QP
Received 14 May 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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