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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.
20,933 approved · 3,299 refused · 1,127 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 1994 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 LOFTOS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EZ
Received 29 Jun 201277 LOFTOS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HA
Received 29 Jun 201275 LOFTOS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HA
Received 29 Jun 2012186 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QS
Received 29 Jun 201229 JEFFREY SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LR
Received 29 Jun 201228 JEFFREY SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LR
Received 29 Jun 201227 JEFFREY SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LR
Received 29 Jun 201226 JEFFREY SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LR
Received 29 Jun 201222 JEFFREY SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LR
Received 29 Jun 201221 JEFFREY SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LR
Received 29 Jun 201220 JEFFREY SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LR
Received 29 Jun 201211 JEFFREY SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LR
Received 29 Jun 20125 JEFFREY SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LR
Received 29 Jun 2012314 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QE
Received 29 Jun 2012LAND AT KINCRAIG ROAD (IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF MOORFIELDS), BLACKPOOL
Received 29 Jun 201270 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DG
Received 2 Jul 201217 RUNCORN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PS
Received 2 Jul 2012UNIT 5, HOO HILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HJ
Received 3 Jul 201297-107 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NN
Received 3 Jul 201228-40 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JA
Received 3 Jul 2012CRESCENT COURT, NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, CARDIGAN PLACE & ABERCORN PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1ST
Received 4 Jul 2012252 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AH
Received 4 Jul 2012173 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AA
Received 4 Jul 201216 BRODERICK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QJ
Received 5 Jul 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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