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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.
21,934 approved · 3,484 refused · 1,132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
323 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RH
Received 2 Sept 2013321 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RH
Received 2 Sept 201338 LANGDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RS
Received 2 Sept 20133 RAWCLIFFE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BX
Received 6 Sept 2013MARTON MERE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, MYTHOP ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EA
Received 3 Sept 201394 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JS
Received 5 Sept 2013VARIOUS SCHOOLS ACROSS BLACKPOOL (REVOE CP SCHOOL, ST JOHN VIANNEY RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, AND HIGHFIELD HUMANTIES COLLEGE)
Received 6 Sept 201333 LARBRECK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8EF
Received 6 Sept 201363-73 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 6 Sept 2013PART OF APOLLO CAR PARK, OPPOSITE 238-240 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 6 Sept 2013GRANGE PARK YOUTH CENTRE (FORMER GRANGE PARK COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL), DINMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7RW
Received 10 Sept 201313 ALFRED STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LH
Received 10 Sept 201334 EMPRESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SD
Received 10 Sept 2013115 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JH
Received 10 Sept 201325-29 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DG
Received 12 Sept 2013209 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TU
Received 11 Sept 2013THE COACH HOUSE, 1 HOO HILL LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HL
Received 13 Sept 20133 CHISWICK GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TN
Received 16 Sept 201325 COOKSON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EA
Received 16 Sept 201340 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AB
Received 16 Sept 2013BLACKPOOL NORTH SHORE GOLF CLUB, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RD
Received 16 Sept 2013130-140 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PR
Received 18 Sept 2013FOOTPATH ADJACENT THE WEST SIDE OF 45 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 16 Sept 2013103 RODWELL WALK, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7PA
Received 16 Sept 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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