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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.
22,636 approved · 3,648 refused · 1,136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
599 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RG
Received 7 May 2014LEISURE SERVICES GYM, 1 BICKERSTAFFE SQUARE, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 May 201443 SANDICROFT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RY
Received 9 May 2014160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 9 May 201469 LOCKERBIE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EW
Received 12 May 2014412-414 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LB
Received 12 May 201424 LODGE COURT, BLACKPOOL, FY3 0EH
Received 12 May 2014673-677 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RN
Received 13 May 2014211 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HJ
Received 13 May 2014UNIT A, BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AW
Received 13 May 2014339 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AL
Received 15 May 2014FORMER DEVONSHIRE ROAD HOSPITAL SITE, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AZ
Received 15 May 2014WALKERS HILL FARM, 34 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HA
Received 15 May 2014119 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LZ
Received 16 May 2014FERNLEA, SANDY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EQ
Received 20 May 201421 CHILTERN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BN
Received 16 May 2014UNIT D & E BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RP
Received 19 May 20142 CARLYLE AVENUE, 12-14 BURLINGTON ROAD WEST & 1 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 19 May 201418 & 18A BEECH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AY
Received 19 May 2014BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 19 May 201496-106 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BZ
Received 20 May 2014141 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JG
Received 21 May 201439 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NJ
Received 21 May 2014UNITS 1 & 2, BACK THRELFALL ROAD, BLACKPOOL. FY1 6NW
Received 22 May 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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