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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.
21,722 approved · 3,446 refused · 1,131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EP
Received 7 May 201323 OLDBURY PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3DR
Received 7 May 2013WELCOME INN, 319 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LP
Received 9 May 201335 LONSDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EE
Received 9 May 20131 WEST STREET / 92 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HE
Received 13 May 20138 ORKNEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LJ
Received 13 May 2013240 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NB
Received 13 May 2013LAND EITHER SIDE OF HEALEY STREET, BETWEEN TALBOT ROAD AND STIRLING ROAD (QUEENS PARK) BLACKPOOL
Received 13 May 201339 NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AQ
Received 13 May 201311 CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BP
Received 14 May 2013PRINCES WAY, (ANCHORSHOLME LANE WEST TO LITTLE BISPHAM), BLACKPOOL
Received 16 May 2013231-233 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PB
Received 16 May 201313 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BW
Received 16 May 2013LAND ADJACENT TO 250 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL
Received 17 May 201319 CUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QL
Received 17 May 2013ST STEPHENS REST HOME, 4 ST STEPHENS AVENUE & 4-8 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL
Received 17 May 201333 ALDERLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QF
Received 20 May 20131-3 BRIGHT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BS
Received 20 May 201344 WOODRIDGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PR
Received 20 May 2013FOOTPATH ADJACENT WILKINSON, DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LF
Received 20 May 20138 VANCE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QD
Received 23 May 2013LAND BOUNDED BY STIRLING ROAD, MATHER STREET, COLLINGWOOD AVENUE AND REAR OF ADDISON CRESCENT (QUEENS PARK & LAYTON RECREATION GROUND), BLACKPOOL
Received 22 May 2013RUSCOTE, SIXTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2ER
Received 23 May 201336 RAMSEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AG
Received 24 May 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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