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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.
23,241 approved · 3,794 refused · 1,143 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jan 1991 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 SUNFIELD CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DD
Received 11 Mar 2015TOWN HALL, TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NG
Received 11 Mar 2015CHRIST THE KING PRIMARY SCHOOL, RODWELL WALK, BLACKPOOL FY3 7NL
Received 12 Mar 201546 EASTPINES DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RX
Received 12 Mar 2015UNIT A, BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RP
Received 13 Mar 201579 SALMESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PR
Received 13 Mar 20154 DEANSGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BN
Received 13 Mar 20154 DEANSGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BN
Received 13 Mar 2015150 KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PJ
Received 16 Mar 20152 KINNERTON PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3DG
Received 16 Mar 201576A CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PD
Received 17 Mar 2015440 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BE
Received 18 Mar 2015440 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BE
Received 18 Mar 2015LAND AT YEADON WAY, YEADON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BF
Received 18 Mar 20152 SANDGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NG
Received 18 Mar 2015PIZZA HUT RESTAURANT, CORNELIAN WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NZ
Received 19 Mar 2015BLACKPOOL & FYLDE COLLEGE, BENNETT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EE
Received 19 Mar 201539 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EY
Received 19 Mar 20152 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QX
Received 20 Mar 201523-27 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 20 Mar 201512 POOLHILL CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HL
Received 23 Mar 201532 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EX
Received 23 Mar 201599 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NE
Received 23 Mar 2015175 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BQ
Received 23 Mar 2015Records 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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