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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.
22,215 approved · 3,557 refused · 1,134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MOSSOM LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RJ
Received 4 Dec 2013181-189 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NY
Received 3 Dec 2013502 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JH
Received 2 Dec 2013115 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HZ
Received 2 Dec 201315 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PN
Received 12 Dec 2013LAND AT FARADAY WAY / HAWKING PLACE, BLACKPOOL
Received 3 Dec 2013274 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PZ
Received 3 Dec 2013296 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JW
Received 3 Dec 2013KINCRAIG PRIMARY SCHOOL AND MERESIDE SCHOOL, BLACKPOOL
Received 11 Dec 201392 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RP
Received 5 Dec 2013PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOME FOR THE BLIND, BOSWORTH PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SH
Received 5 Dec 20131 WEST STREET / 92 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HE
Received 5 Dec 2013673-677 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RN
Received 12 Dec 2013673-677 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RN
Received 12 Dec 201318 & 18a BEECH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AY
Received 16 Dec 201393 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1PP
Received 16 Dec 2013LAND ADJACENT TO 43 SOUTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PX
Received 16 Dec 201315 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HJ
Received 18 Dec 20139 HOLLY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2SF
Received 18 Dec 201328 MONTPELIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AE
Received 19 Dec 20132 GENERAL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RW
Received 19 Dec 2013REAR OF ST STEPHENS CHURCH, ADJACENT 20A WOLVERTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 19 Dec 2013ORCHARD LODGE NURSING HOME, 601-603 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RG
Received 19 Dec 2013LAND TO REAR OF MARTON INSTITUTE, WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BW
Received 19 Dec 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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