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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.
22,253 approved · 3,563 refused · 1,134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND ADJACENT TO 1 HOO HILL LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HL
Received 20 Dec 201314 ST JOSEPHS CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LU
Received 20 Dec 2013THAMES PRIMARY ACADEMY, SEVERN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EE
Received 20 Dec 201325 GLENAPP AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NG
Received 2 Jan 2014LAND TO THE SOUTH OF CENTRAL PIER, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BB
Received 2 Jan 2014160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 2 Jan 2014BLACKPOOL & FYLDE COLLEGE, ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HB
Received 2 Jan 201424A LONSDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EE
Received 2 Jan 2014LAND AT FORMER HAWES SIDE CLINIC, HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AJ
Received 2 Jan 20148 CARLYLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PF
Received 2 Jan 2014ASHLEY VILLA NURSERIES, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EP
Received 2 Jan 2014TUDOR MANOR NURSING HOME, CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NP
Received 2 Jan 2014R P TYSON, MITCHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QN
Received 2 Jan 201432 TARRAGON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WJ
Received 2 Jan 2014WELWYN NURSERIES, WORTHINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EH
Received 2 Jan 2014LAND AT FERNBANK, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 2 Jan 2014FERNLEA, SANDY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EQ
Received 6 Jan 2014135 WHITEGATE DRIVE, (FORMER FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST) BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BU
Received 8 Jan 2014NEW CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH, 18 ADELAIDE STREET WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4SR
Received 8 Jan 201429 BOOME STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JX
Received 8 Jan 2014288-300 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QS
Received 8 Jan 20145 PENHILL CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0XP
Received 9 Jan 20146 ROSEWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PW
Received 10 Jan 20141 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AS
Received 13 Jan 2014Records 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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