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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.
13,393 approved · 2,113 refused · 875 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
252 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NU
Received 18 Feb 2004ST KENTIGERNS PARISH CENTRE, NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BT
Received 19 Feb 200427 SELBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LZ
Received 20 Feb 2004168 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RT
Received 20 Feb 2004344 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 20 Feb 200412 LONGRIDGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QN
Received 17 Feb 2004113 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RS
Received 18 Feb 200464 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HR
Received 18 Feb 2004319 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EE
Received 18 Feb 2004LARBRECK VILLA, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 18 Feb 2004304 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RH
Received 19 Feb 200444 CHARLES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EY
Received 20 Feb 2004203 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DJ
Received 20 Feb 200413 ST VINCENT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RT
Received 23 Feb 200436 GLOUCESTER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EJ
Received 23 Feb 2004Land to rear of 9,11,15 & 17 Anchorsholme Lane East, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3QH
Received 23 Feb 200457 ACRE GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LE
Received 23 Feb 200441 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DH
Received 23 Feb 2004UNITY COLLEGE, WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TS
Received 23 Feb 2004225-227 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TF
Received 23 Feb 2004ALLANDALE HOUSE, 19 ALLANDALE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RH
Received 24 Feb 200440 TARRAGON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WJ
Received 23 Feb 2004MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL, ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AZ
Received 23 Feb 200454 GOSFORTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TP
Received 24 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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