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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.
22,937 approved · 3,715 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT RUNNELL FARM, CHAPEL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HS
Received 14 Nov 201433 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT
Received 17 Nov 2014SITE OF FORMER YATES BROS WINE LODGES PLC, 2-10 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LF
Received 17 Nov 2014ANCHORSHOLME METHODIST CHURCH, NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3PG
Received 17 Nov 201482 ROSEACRE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PL
Received 17 Nov 2014LUDLOW COURT HOLIDAY FLATS, 34-36 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HT
Received 17 Nov 20141 GARDEN CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TL
Received 17 Nov 2014225 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TY
Received 17 Nov 201418-20 EMPRESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SD
Received 19 Nov 201437 CORNWALL PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NR
Received 20 Nov 201423-25 LUTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EB
Received 20 Nov 2014LAND AT TAYBANK AVENUE & LIVET AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 17 Nov 201411 HOLYOAKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QL
Received 20 Nov 201426 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SF
Received 21 Nov 20141 ASHTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AG
Received 21 Nov 2014KINGS CHRISTIAN CENTRE, WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JU
Received 21 Nov 201460 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 24 Nov 201430 BEECH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AY
Received 24 Nov 201434 SHERBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PW
Received 25 Nov 201428 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DU
Received 25 Nov 2014287 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PB
Received 21 Nov 201491 - 93 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HW
Received 25 Nov 2014TESCO STORES LTD, CLIFTON RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 25 Nov 2014LAND ADJACENT TO IBBISON COURT FRONTING CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AU
Received 26 Nov 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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