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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.
20,726 approved · 3,273 refused · 1,127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SWISS COTTAGE, KITTY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EG
Received 14 May 2012595-601 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE & 2 WIMBOURNE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NG
Received 15 May 2012380-382 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AT
Received 16 May 20127 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BJ
Received 17 May 2012352-358 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 17 May 201224 WELLINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AR
Received 18 May 201225 LONSDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EE
Received 18 May 20129 GLENMERE CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QD
Received 18 May 2012LAND AT WHINPARK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NZ
Received 18 May 20123 GROSVENOR STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3DX
Received 18 May 20126 SILVERDALE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DE
Received 21 May 2012178 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JD
Received 22 May 2012126 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PH
Received 21 May 2012139 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QS
Received 22 May 2012CLIFFS HOTEL, 22 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RN
Received 22 May 2012473-483 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AX
Received 22 May 20126 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HT
Received 22 May 2012259 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LF
Received 30 May 20122-4 GENERAL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RW
Received 30 May 2012ODEON CINEMA, RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EP
Received 22 May 201230 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3DT
Received 23 May 2012ST KENTIGERNS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BT
Received 24 May 201212 RIVERSLEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2SB
Received 28 May 201235-37 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1PZ
Received 24 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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