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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.
22,681 approved · 3,656 refused · 1,136 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 - 64 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QU
Received 4 Jun 201411 ELLISLAND, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SB
Received 5 Jun 2014LAND AT WHYNDYKE FARM, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 6 Jun 2014653-655 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RN
Received 9 Jun 2014AFFORDABLE WINDOW SYSTEM, CORNFORD HOUSE, 20 CORNFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QQ
Received 6 Jun 201439 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EY
Received 10 Jun 2014LAND ADJACENT TO 250 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JB
Received 10 Jun 2014LAND TO THE SOUTH OF CENTRAL PIER, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BB
Received 11 Jun 201431 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LR
Received 11 Jun 201413 GOSFORTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UB
Received 11 Jun 201410 EDWARD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BA
Received 11 Jun 2014UNIT 24, SYCAMORE TRADING ESTATE, SYCAMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RL
Received 11 Jun 201458 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HR
Received 11 Jun 201431 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BW
Received 11 Jun 201462 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DF
Received 11 Jun 2014BAINES ENDOWED C OF E SCHOOL, PENROSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4DJ
Received 12 Jun 2014REAR 162 WHITEGATE DRIVE (FORMER FAMILY CENTRE), BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 12 Jun 201426 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RW
Received 15 Feb 199610 ACRE GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LF
Received 13 Jun 2014LAYTON INSTITUTE, WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HG
Received 13 Jun 2014LAYTON INSTITUTE, WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HG
Received 13 Jun 201437 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HD
Received 16 Jun 2014PLEASANT VIEW, SANDY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EQ
Received 16 Jun 2014GREY GABLES, DUNES AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PU
Received 13 Jun 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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