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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.
21,752 approved · 3,448 refused · 1,131 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
173 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NJ
Received 28 May 2013311 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PB
Received 28 May 201327 GLENARDEN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3SL
Received 28 May 201366-68 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 29 May 2013VARIOUS SCHOOLS ACROSS BLACKPOOL
Received 29 May 2013LAND AT WHYNDYKE FARM, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 29 May 201332 KNOWSLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HP
Received 29 May 20133 RAWCLIFFE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BX
Received 31 May 201353 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BX
Received 31 May 201325 FREEMANTLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SX
Received 3 Jun 20133-5 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1JD
Received 3 Jun 201382-82A GEORGE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HY
Received 3 Jun 2013221 KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PJ
Received 3 Jun 201340 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HR
Received 5 Jun 2013KINCRAIG PRIMARY & JUNIOR SCHOOL, KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HN
Received 7 Jun 2013109 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EL
Received 10 Jun 201324 WANSTEAD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AR
Received 10 Jun 201321 KIRKSTONE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QQ
Received 10 Jun 2013BLACKPOOL COACH SERVICES, BURTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NW
Received 10 Jun 20138 BRIGHT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BS
Received 10 Jun 2013346 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 11 Jun 2013132 NORCLIFFE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EW
Received 11 Jun 2013LAND ADJACENT 73 STONY HILL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PP
Received 11 Jun 2013115 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BD
Received 11 Jun 2013Records 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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