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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.
22,471 approved · 3,608 refused · 1,134 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 1991 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
110-112A MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EX
Received 24 Feb 20145 SEATTLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PW
Received 23 Feb 201434 BEAUFORT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HG
Received 24 Feb 2014274 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QR
Received 24 Feb 2014LAND AT 11 DOVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PN
Received 26 Feb 2014ST STEPHENS REST HOME 4 ST STEPHENS AVENUE & 4-8 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QX
Received 26 Feb 201447 WILSON SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RF
Received 26 Feb 201443 WHITEHOLME ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HX
Received 27 Feb 201419 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NP
Received 27 Feb 20148-10 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AQ
Received 28 Feb 2014LAND AT WHYNDYKE FARM, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 28 Feb 201417-21 BOWFELL CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SQ
Received 28 Feb 2014LAND OFF RYSCAR WAY (PLOT 95), KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0GH
Received 28 Feb 201442 ANSDELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PY
Received 28 Feb 201445 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RR
Received 28 Feb 2014LYNDENE HOTEL, 303-315 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AN
Received 3 Mar 2014TELEPHONE CALL BOX TO THE FRONT OF 26-30 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1AA
Received 4 Mar 2014422 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 4 Mar 2014TREETOPS NURSERY, 32 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QU
Received 6 Mar 201459-61 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DH
Received 6 Mar 2014BLACKPOOL COUNCIL HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE, BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JG
Received 6 Mar 201439 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NJ
Received 7 Mar 201439 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NJ
Received 7 Mar 201477 COWLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NE
Received 7 Mar 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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