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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.
13,164 approved · 2,089 refused · 865 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Aug 2003 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
STRATHALLAN, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EL
Received 12 Dec 200326 ALBANY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QB
Received 12 Dec 200326 SANDGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NG
Received 12 Dec 200346-54 HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BN
Received 10 Dec 200312 SUNNYHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HP
Received 12 Dec 200344 BLACKPOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HT
Received 12 Dec 2003BISPHAM HIGH SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NH
Received 12 Dec 20032 LOCHINCH CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NR
Received 12 Dec 200311 STAMFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BH
Received 12 Dec 200335 PLOVERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FD
Received 12 Dec 2003107 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EN
Received 12 Dec 200392-94 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PR
Received 15 Dec 2003GRAND HOTEL HOLIDAY FLATS, STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 12 Dec 200320 LUNE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LE
Received 15 Dec 20032 EMERALD CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3LH
Received 16 Dec 200327 GALWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LQ
Received 29 Dec 2003ST GEORGES HIGH SCHOOL, CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PH
Received 16 Dec 2003270 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ND
Received 16 Dec 200324 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EX
Received 17 Dec 2003114 WILLOWBANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3ND
Received 18 Dec 20039 LANGFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PA
Received 18 Dec 200320 LEOPOLD GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LD
Received 18 Dec 20034 OAK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EQ
Received 19 Dec 200311 LOXLEY PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HH
Received 19 Dec 2003Records 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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