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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.
21,165 approved · 3,348 refused · 1,129 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CME MCKINLEY, UNITS 1&2 KINCRAIG BUSINESS PARK, KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PJ
Received 14 Sept 201237 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 13 Sept 201270-72 ADELAIDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LA
Received 14 Sept 201218-20 ALEXANDRA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BU
Received 14 Sept 2012158 LAYTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8ER
Received 14 Sept 201235 BETHESDA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DT
Received 14 Sept 2012TYLDESLEY CONSERVATIVE CLUB, PALMER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JP
Received 17 Sept 2012106 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HF
Received 17 Sept 2012283-287 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DP
Received 17 Sept 201238 WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NP
Received 17 Sept 2012110 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JJ
Received 18 Sept 2012REAR OF 147 - 149 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HG
Received 18 Sept 2012BETHESDA CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PN
Received 18 Sept 2012ST STEPHENS REST HOME, 4 ST STEPHENS AVENUE & 4-8 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL
Received 17 Sept 2012REAR OF 137 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PQ
Received 17 Sept 201299-107 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NN
Received 17 Sept 2012BLACKPOOL UNITED HEBREW SYNAGOGUE, LEAMINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HD
Received 19 Sept 2012LAND ADJACENT 6A DOVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PN
Received 18 Sept 201230A RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EX
Received 19 Sept 2012BLACKPOOL ZOO PARK, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PP
Received 18 Sept 2012THE SANDCASTLE, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BB
Received 20 Sept 2012397-399 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BH
Received 24 Sept 2012502 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JH
Received 20 Sept 2012FESTIVAL HOUSE, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1AP
Received 20 Sept 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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