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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.
21,805 approved · 3,456 refused · 1,131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BUILDING BOUNDED BY PROMENADE, CHURCH STREET, BANK HEY STREET AND VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 20 Jun 20131 WHEATFIELD CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3PQ
Received 21 Jun 2013BLACKPOOL NORTH SHORE GOLF CLUB, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RD
Received 20 Jun 20134 HOLLY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2SF
Received 24 Jun 2013412-414 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AY
Received 26 Jun 2013HARRY FEENEY TOYOTA, 251 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XL
Received 27 Jun 2013LAND BOUNDED BY FISHERS LANE, COMMON EDGE ROAD AND ECCLESGATE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 28 Jun 2013BETHESDA CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PN
Received 28 Jun 201327 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HP
Received 1 Jul 2013225 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PB
Received 1 Jul 2013103 HARRINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QD
Received 1 Jul 2013183 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NU
Received 1 Jul 2013150 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PL
Received 1 Jul 201394 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HB
Received 2 Jul 201354 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HY
Received 2 Jul 2013THE OLD BANK, 35 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AG
Received 2 Jul 20139 PADDOCK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TZ
Received 3 Jul 201334 SOUTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QA
Received 4 Jul 2013113-113A POULTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JJ
Received 4 Jul 201383-91 MILBOURNE STREET & 78-80 ELIZABETH STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 5 Jul 201346 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HR
Received 5 Jul 2013FORMER BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO, CORNELIAN WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NZ
Received 5 Jul 201366-68 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DF
Received 8 Jul 201387-95 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BZ
Received 8 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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