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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.
13,336 approved · 2,103 refused · 871 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 CRANLEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LG
Received 9 Jan 20049 KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EJ
Received 9 Jan 2004Rehoboth Christian Centre, Rehoboth Christian Centre Lowes Building, COLLINGWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BZ
Received 9 Jan 2004Talbot Square, Talbot Road
Received 9 Jan 2004MCDONALDS RESTAURANTS LTD, CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 9 Jan 2004301 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AF
Received 12 Jan 20048 BOSTONWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4YB
Received 12 Jan 20041 BARTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AP
Received 12 Jan 2004DEPARTMENT FOR NATIONAL SAVINGS, MYTHOP ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9YP
Received 12 Jan 200456-60 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 12 Jan 200427 MOORE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DA
Received 12 Jan 200469 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DU
Received 12 Jan 200456-60 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 12 Jan 2004261 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TJ
Received 14 Jan 200420 CAXTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AS
Received 14 Jan 20042 SOUTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QA
Received 14 Jan 2004STRATFORD HOUSE, STRATFORD PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RN
Received 13 Jan 2004BRINWELL BUSINESS CENTRE, BRINWELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QU
Received 13 Jan 200455-57 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JL
Received 13 Jan 200413 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HX
Received 14 Jan 2004WATERLOO PRIMARY SCHOOL, WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AG
Received 14 Jan 200434 LOWFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BL
Received 15 Jan 200455-57 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AP
Received 15 Jan 200447-49 KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EJ
Received 15 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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