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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.
20,620 approved · 3,255 refused · 1,126 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 SEVENTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2ED
Received 19 Apr 2012502 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JH
Received 19 Apr 2012LAND ADJACENT TO 232 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 20 Apr 201264 ABBOTSFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RY
Received 20 Apr 201281 PATTERDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QR
Received 23 Apr 20129 MARBLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3LE
Received 23 Apr 2012LIDL UK, 4 ANCHORSHOLME LANE WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1LY
Received 24 Apr 2012124 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DZ
Received 23 Apr 2012LAND TO SOUTH OF LEVER STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 25 Apr 201267-73 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 25 Apr 2012172 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9PU
Received 26 Apr 20121 PETER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3LT
Received 26 Apr 20123-4 SHANNON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AL
Received 26 Apr 2012123 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RF
Received 27 Apr 201294-96 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AB
Received 27 Apr 201294-96 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AB
Received 27 Apr 20123-5 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AS
Received 30 Apr 2012BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB LTD, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JJ
Received 27 Apr 2012117 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EU
Received 30 Apr 2012LAND AT SEASIDERS WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 27 Apr 2012660 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RG
Received 1 May 2012FALCONFIELDS, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 2 May 2012PLANET KAOS, UNIT 5, REAR OF 251 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LR
Received 2 May 201227-29 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NT
Received 3 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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