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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.
21,391 approved · 3,398 refused · 1,131 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AS
Received 11 Dec 2012204 INVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LW
Received 11 Dec 2012183 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NU
Received 11 Dec 2012335 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HH
Received 13 Dec 2012172-176 DEVONSHIRE ROAD & 103-107 BOOTHLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AY
Received 13 Dec 201213 COCKER STREET AND 78 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BU
Received 14 Dec 201281 PATTERDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QR
Received 14 Dec 2012194-196 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 14 Dec 201297 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DJ
Received 14 Dec 201299 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DJ
Received 14 Dec 20122 WESTON PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LN
Received 17 Dec 20126 LAKEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3ET
Received 17 Dec 201256-58 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 14 Dec 201256-58 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 14 Dec 201215 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HJ
Received 17 Dec 201259A ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QN
Received 17 Dec 201284 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DJ
Received 18 Dec 201224 ROYAL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PS
Received 18 Dec 201226 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QH
Received 17 Dec 2012BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 19 Dec 201261 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 20 Dec 2012LAND AT BAGULEYS GARDEN CENTRE, MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HE
Received 3 Jan 201380-82 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RS
Received 20 Dec 2012BISPHAM HIGH SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NH
Received 20 Dec 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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