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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.
22,541 approved · 3,623 refused · 1,135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QX
Received 20 Mar 2014CENTRAL MOSQUE AND ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2 REVOE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HN
Received 20 Mar 2014TESCO STORES, 96-100 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BZ
Received 20 Mar 20148 BRIDGEWATER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NA
Received 21 Mar 2014FORMER SITE OF THE OLD BANK, 35 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AG
Received 21 Mar 201421 BRIGHT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BS
Received 24 Mar 2014ST BERNADETTES RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AJ
Received 24 Mar 2014EAVES GARAGE, REAR 2 CLYDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HT
Received 25 Mar 201425 BARCLAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HH
Received 26 Mar 20141 MACAULEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AG
Received 26 Mar 201429 GRANVILLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8DW
Received 26 Mar 201443 SANDICROFT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RY
Received 26 Mar 201477-81 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 26 Mar 2014KAMAN COURT, FARADAY WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JH
Received 27 Mar 201477-81 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 27 Mar 201498 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AB
Received 27 Mar 201437 - 43 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JD
Received 27 Mar 2014BANKS STREET CAR PARK, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RN
Received 27 Mar 201498 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AB
Received 28 Mar 201431 YORKSHIRE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BG
Received 28 Mar 201477-81 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 31 Mar 2014203 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5ED
Received 31 Mar 201429 STONY HILL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PR
Received 28 Mar 2014LAND ADJACENT TO 82 COMMON EDGE ROAD, (FORMER PIGEON FANCIERS CLUB) BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AZ
Received 31 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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