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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.
21,832 approved · 3,466 refused · 1,132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 LOMOND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NB
Received 8 Jul 2013PRINCES WAY SEA WALL (KINGSWAY TO LITTLE BISPHAM), BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Jul 2013THE COACH HOUSE REAR OF 3 BOSCOMBE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LW
Received 9 Jul 201330 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DN
Received 10 Jul 201316 TRAFALGAR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AW
Received 11 Jul 2013UNIT N5, HOUNDS HILL CENTRE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HU
Received 11 Jul 2013RED ROSE LODGE, NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LW
Received 11 Jul 2013ENTERPRISE CAR HIRE, 175-179 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NG
Received 12 Jul 2013LAND ADJACENT 24 GREYSTOKE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NR
Received 12 Jul 2013CRESCENT COURT, NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, CARDIGAN PLACE & ABERCORN PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1ST
Received 16 Jul 2013LAND BOUNDED BY PRINCESS STREET, SEASIDERS WAY, RIGBY ROAD & BLUNDELL STREET, AND LAND BOUNDED BY RIGBY ROAD, CENTRAL DRIVE, FIELD STREET & SEASIDERS WAY
Received 16 Jul 20136 MOORFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8DD
Received 19 Jul 2013119 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BU
Received 19 Jul 201313 SANDGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NG
Received 17 Jul 201320 KING GEORGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SN
Received 18 Jul 20132 FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 19 Jul 201313 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HX
Received 19 Jul 201398 ADELAIDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LA
Received 19 Jul 201357 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TW
Received 19 Jul 2013WINTER GARDENS, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HW
Received 19 Jul 201382 LUNE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PH
Received 19 Jul 201334 MIDGELAND ROAD, (WALKERS HILL FARMOUSE) BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HA
Received 22 Jul 2013699 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SY
Received 22 Jul 2013ST BERNADETTES RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AJ
Received 19 Jul 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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