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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.
13,347 approved · 2,104 refused · 873 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55-59 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AP
Received 15 Jan 200419 HESKETH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JX
Received 15 Jan 2004Warren Manor, Warren Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3TG
Received 16 Jan 200470 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QL
Received 16 Jan 20046 PEEL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AQ
Received 16 Jan 200445 HALTON GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XR
Received 16 Jan 200434-36 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EW
Received 19 Jan 2004115 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HZ
Received 16 Jan 200415 WINTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HZ
Received 19 Jan 2004110 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DZ
Received 21 Jan 200422-26 RIBBLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AB
Received 16 Jan 2004657 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 16 Jan 200426 BURWOOD DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NS
Received 19 Jan 2004Rear 466 Lytham Road
Received 20 Jan 200449 ABBOTSFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RX
Received 20 Jan 200474 WETHERBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QA
Received 20 Jan 200467 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LL
Received 20 Jan 20049 CONISTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BY
Received 21 Jan 200453 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AT
Received 20 Jan 2004119 LUTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RT
Received 21 Jan 2004THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NP
Received 22 Jan 200433 WARBRECK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SZ
Received 23 Jan 2004160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 23 Jan 2004THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NP
Received 22 Jan 2004Records 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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