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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.
21,217 approved · 3,358 refused · 1,130 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Sept 1993 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 DALEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BT
Received 21 Sept 2012335 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HH
Received 21 Sept 201233-75 MANSFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HZ
Received 21 Sept 201222 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LY
Received 25 Sept 2012LAND TO WEST OF TRAM TRACKS (ON SITE OF FORMER TRAM STOP), ADJACENT JUBILEE GARDENS, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 25 Sept 2012WILKINSON, DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LF
Received 28 Sept 20129 PLEASANT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JA
Received 2 Oct 201261 PINEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0EF
Received 2 Oct 201255-59 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AA
Received 4 Oct 201270 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DG
Received 4 Oct 2012TELEPHONE KIOSK, CORNER OF ADELAIDE STREET WEST AND PROMENADE, FY1 4TQ
Received 10 Oct 2012PAVEMENT OUTSIDE 233 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AH
Received 10 Oct 20123 SCOTT MEWS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4YJ
Received 11 Oct 20121-3 FOXHALL SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BJ
Received 12 Oct 2012331 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RH
Received 16 Oct 2012331 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RH
Received 16 Oct 2012WATSON ROAD PARK, WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EG
Received 16 Oct 2012330 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 17 Oct 201229 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HP
Received 17 Oct 201229 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HP
Received 17 Oct 2012MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL, ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AZ
Received 18 Oct 201211 CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 22 Oct 201254 SEDBERGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4DQ
Received 23 Oct 20127 MEADOW CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QX
Received 23 Oct 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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