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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.
13,381 approved · 2,110 refused · 875 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clifton Drive / Rutherford Place
Received 4 Feb 200474-76 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EL
Received 3 Feb 200442 GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HT
Received 5 Feb 200453 HENSON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LZ
Received 4 Feb 2004142A PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QP
Received 5 Feb 2004STRATHALLAN, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EL
Received 6 Feb 200411 SPEN PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XU
Received 6 Feb 2004Arc Car Wash, Preston New Road, Blackpool
Received 6 Feb 200450 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DJ
Received 6 Feb 2004BLACKPOOL CHRISTIAN CENTRE, WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AD
Received 6 Feb 200434 EASTBANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BS
Received 6 Feb 20048 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EX
Received 6 Feb 200424 PINEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0EF
Received 6 Feb 200418 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LJ
Received 6 Feb 200453 KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EJ
Received 6 Feb 200434 EASTBANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BS
Received 6 Feb 200438 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HT
Received 9 Feb 20046 ST TERESAS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JT
Received 9 Feb 20047 BAMBER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JD
Received 9 Feb 200410 FREDORA AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NL
Received 9 Feb 200458 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HY
Received 10 Feb 200411 BERTRAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7RN
Received 9 Feb 200450 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AY
Received 10 Feb 2004CLAREMONT LIBRARY, CLAREMONT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QJ
Received 10 Feb 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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