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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.
22,505 approved · 3,617 refused · 1,135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 7 Mar 2014361 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AL
Received 10 Mar 201436-38 TOPPING STREET , BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AQ
Received 10 Mar 2014391-395 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BH
Received 11 Mar 201463 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QN
Received 11 Mar 20149 EVESHAM CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HQ
Received 11 Mar 201417-19 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 11 Mar 201411 SANDICROFT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RY
Received 12 Mar 2014343-347 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BJ
Received 12 Mar 201415 WATERFOOT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8DB
Received 12 Mar 2014RYSCAR HOUSE, FARADAY WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JJ
Received 13 Mar 2014138 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QR
Received 12 Mar 2014LAND ADJACENT 2 KINTYRE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BY
Received 13 Mar 201410 BURNSIDE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AF
Received 14 Mar 2014UNITS 1-3 CLIFTON TRADING ESTATE, CORNFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QQ
Received 17 Mar 201460-64 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QU
Received 17 Mar 201460-64 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QU
Received 17 Mar 2014MERCEDES BENZ OF BLACKPOOL, 1 ASHWORTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LP
Received 17 Mar 20141 CHAPEL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AE
Received 18 Mar 201455-57 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 19 Mar 2014TELEPHONE CALL BOX TO THE FRONT OF 26-30 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1AA
Received 17 Mar 2014PLEASANT VIEW, SANDY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EQ
Received 19 Mar 20141 CHAPEL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AE
Received 19 Mar 2014BLOOMFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, GRANGE PARK HEALTH CENTRE AND CITY LEARNING CENTRE, BLACKPOOL
Received 19 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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