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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.
22,164 approved · 3,544 refused · 1,134 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1992 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 13 Nov 2013221 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HJ
Received 13 Nov 201331 ST JAMES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HZ
Received 14 Nov 201310 WILLOWS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AY
Received 14 Nov 201352 COLLINS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NX
Received 15 Nov 2013340-342 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 18 Nov 201313 ALFRED STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LH
Received 18 Nov 2013BLACKPOOL & FYLDE COLLEGE, ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HB
Received 18 Nov 2013ST STEPHENS REST HOME 4 ST STEPHENS AVENUE & 4-8 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QX
Received 19 Nov 2013CLAREMONT JUNIOR & INFANT SCHOOL, WESTMINSTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QE
Received 21 Nov 201337 GENERAL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1SG
Received 22 Nov 2013ROCK GARDENS, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL FY2 0RE
Received 22 Nov 2013SAINSBURYS, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AJ
Received 25 Nov 2013BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 25 Nov 2013UNIT 4, TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CENTRE, FARADAY WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JW
Received 27 Nov 201315 CHERRYWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SU
Received 25 Nov 2013QUEENS MANSIONS, 224 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HP
Received 26 Nov 2013107 LUTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RT
Received 26 Nov 2013135-139 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DL
Received 26 Dec 201364-66 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 27 Nov 2013BLACKPOOL & FYLDE COLLEGE, ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HB
Received 27 Nov 2013FIVEWAYS GARAGE, 557 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AJ
Received 27 Nov 20131-3 YORKSHIRE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BG
Received 28 Nov 20131-3 YORKSHIRE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BG
Received 28 Nov 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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