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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.
22,747 approved · 3,666 refused · 1,136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 PINEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0EF
Received 1 Jul 201434 BEAUFORT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HG
Received 2 Jul 2014132 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HT
Received 1 Jul 201447 ANSDELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PW
Received 2 Jul 201452-54 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3LA
Received 4 Jul 2014MCDONALDS RESTAURANTS LTD, CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 3 Jul 2014GLENROYD NURSING HOME, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 3 Jul 2014LAND AT 7 -11 LEOPOLD GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LD
Received 8 Jul 2014343-347 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BJ
Received 3 Jul 2014109 BRIARWOOD DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DT
Received 4 Jul 201445 SALISBURY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QJ
Received 7 Jul 2014LAND TO THE REAR OF 583 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 4 Jul 201421 SANDHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AU
Received 7 Jul 2014LIDL UK GMBH, 4 ANCHORSHOLME LANE WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1LY
Received 7 Jul 2014BLACKPOOL TRANSFER CENTRE, ASHWORTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UW
Received 7 Jul 2014265 - 267 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TJ
Received 9 Jul 20142 KNUTSFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9UU
Received 10 Jul 201425 COOKSON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EA
Received 11 Jul 201446 ST CHADS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BP
Received 14 Jul 201414 THE CLOISTERS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LW
Received 14 Jul 201461-71 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 14 Jul 20142 PADDOCK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TZ
Received 15 Jul 2014184-186 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 16 Jul 2014184-186 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 16 Jul 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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