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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.
13,417 approved · 2,119 refused · 875 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SHERBOURNE ARMS, 80 SHERBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PQ
Received 1 Mar 2004TA BAY, ROBINS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QP
Received 2 Mar 20046 SOUTH PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NP
Received 1 Mar 2004222 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EE
Received 2 Mar 200443 GROSVENOR STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EX
Received 2 Mar 2004Rear 280 Whitegate Drive
Received 2 Mar 2004111 CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QQ
Received 2 Mar 2004271 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JA
Received 2 Mar 2004134 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RA
Received 2 Mar 200411 ROSEBERY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LA
Received 4 Mar 200434 BROADHURST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HR
Received 2 Mar 2004BEXLEY AVENUE (LAND BETWEEN NOS. 45 & 49)
Received 5 Mar 2004TOWN HALL, TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NG
Received 4 Mar 200484 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QN
Received 5 Mar 2004NEPTUNE HOUSE, SYCAMORE TRADING ESTATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RL
Received 2 Mar 200419 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HW
Received 5 Mar 200494 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JF
Received 3 Mar 2004Back 11 Shaw Road, Blackpool, FY1 6HA
Received 3 Mar 200412 SANDGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NG
Received 3 Mar 20048 RONA AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5PH
Received 5 Mar 200427 CHATSWORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AN
Received 5 Mar 2004Lismore Avenue, plots 455 to 457.
Received 5 Mar 2004Cavendish Road (Land at rear 189-203)
Received 8 Mar 200470 GUILDFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AB
Received 5 Mar 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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