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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.
13,471 approved · 2,123 refused · 881 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 ROYLE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HU
Received 10 Mar 2004Stanley House, Stanley Road, Blackpool
Received 9 Mar 200466-66A BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BW
Received 11 Mar 2004EXCHANGE MODEL SHOP, 78B DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BU
Received 11 Mar 2004242 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RH
Received 11 Mar 2004394 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LB
Received 11 Mar 200421 LINCOLN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HA
Received 11 Mar 200456 CONWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JH
Received 11 Mar 2004172 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9PU
Received 12 Mar 200427 BOURNEMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LP
Received 12 Mar 200495 KNOWLE AVENUE, NORTH SHORE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UU
Received 11 Mar 200440 BALDWIN GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QF
Received 12 Mar 200412 RALEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SG
Received 18 Mar 2004BLACKPOOL CRICKET GROUND, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9EQ
Received 11 Mar 2004Bromley Close (land off, facing nos. 20 - 27) and adjoining 43 Bispham Road, Blackpool
Received 11 Mar 2004THE ABATTOIR, COOPERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RJ
Received 12 Mar 200410 BLENHEIM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ER
Received 12 Mar 20047 ERITH GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AR
Received 16 Mar 2004194-196 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EU
Received 11 Mar 200437 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QH
Received 17 Mar 200446 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SU
Received 12 Mar 200450 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RU
Received 12 Mar 2004Blackpool Mechanics Football Club, Jepson Way
Received 12 Mar 200442 LAYTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8HT
Received 15 Mar 2004Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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