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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.
21,869 approved · 3,476 refused · 1,132 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Dec 1992 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TESCO STORE, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 22 Jul 2013TESCO STORE, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 22 Jul 201333 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DH
Received 22 Jul 20131 FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 23 Jul 201316 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RW
Received 23 Jul 201340-42 CHARNLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PF
Received 22 Jul 20132 LUDLOW GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PZ
Received 22 Jul 20139 WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NP
Received 23 Jul 20131 CHORLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7XQ
Received 23 Jul 2013WINTER GARDENS, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HW
Received 19 Jul 2013VARIOUS HEALTH CENTRES ACROSS BLACKPOOL (MOOR PARK, WHITEGATE DRIVE, NEWTON DRIVE & SOUTH SHORE PCC)
Received 24 Jul 201321 HENSON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LZ
Received 24 Jul 201340 KENILWORTH GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JJ
Received 25 Jul 201334 MIDGELAND ROAD, (WALKERS HILL FARMOUSE) BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HA
Received 26 Jul 201326 LOSTOCK GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3PP
Received 26 Jul 2013141 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EG
Received 26 Jul 2013ARNCLIFFE, SIXTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2ER
Received 29 Jul 201325 FREEMANTLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SX
Received 29 Jul 2013117 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HZ
Received 31 Jul 2013106 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RP
Received 1 Aug 2013171-173 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HQ
Received 1 Aug 201316 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 1 Aug 2013210 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 1 Aug 2013LIDL FOOD STORE, 127 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AX
Received 2 Aug 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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