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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13,393 approved · 2,113 refused · 875 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 HADDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AH
Received 24 Feb 2004402 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 24 Feb 2004132 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RD
Received 24 Feb 200411 BELVERDALE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NA
Received 25 Feb 20041 WINGATE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HE
Received 25 Feb 2004ST MARYS RC HIGH SCHOOL, LAYTON HILL, ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EQ
Received 26 Feb 2004381 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JN
Received 26 Feb 2004103 EVEREST DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DJ
Received 26 Feb 200425 CRANBROOK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BZ
Received 26 Feb 2004RED LION HOTEL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AR
Received 26 Feb 200414 ASHLEY CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RF
Received 27 Feb 200416 AUBURN GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5NJ
Received 27 Feb 20041 MITCHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QN
Received 26 Feb 2004Various Locations
Received 26 Feb 2004409 Central Drive, Blackpool, FY1 6LE
Received 1 Mar 200440 HESKETH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JX
Received 1 Mar 200412 JERSEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QE
Received 1 Mar 200426 MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3DG
Received 1 Mar 2004118 MANCHESTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8DP
Received 1 Mar 2004Kentmere Drive, adjacent Medical Centre
Received 27 Feb 20045 ELAINE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LD
Received 27 Feb 200413 KING GEORGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SN
Received 27 Feb 2004138 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RD
Received 1 Mar 200416 WALKERS HILL, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BN
Received 1 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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