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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.
13,495 approved · 2,126 refused · 883 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RE
Received 23 Mar 2004516 BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LW
Received 23 Mar 20049 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JR
Received 23 Mar 200453 WASDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NP
Received 23 Mar 20041 BLUEBELL CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WY
Received 24 Mar 200431 PEMBROKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9PX
Received 24 Mar 200431-35 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 31 Mar 200453 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DB
Received 24 Mar 200420 ST BEDES AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AQ
Received 26 Mar 200466B CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QB
Received 25 Mar 200459 HENSON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LZ
Received 26 Mar 2004GLASDON HOUSE, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4WA
Received 29 Mar 200447 LOMOND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NB
Received 26 Mar 2004HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE, BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JG
Received 26 Mar 200411 TENSING AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DQ
Received 26 Mar 200445A HANDSWORTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RQ
Received 26 Mar 2004GLASDON HOUSE, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4WA
Received 29 Mar 200418 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LJ
Received 26 Mar 20041 SANDHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AU
Received 26 Mar 2004LIBERTYS HOTEL, 1-7 COCKER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1SF
Received 29 Mar 2004668 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RG
Received 26 Mar 200436 CECIL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RA
Received 29 Mar 200412 DUMFRIES CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0XU
Received 30 Mar 200432 BLEASDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QZ
Received 30 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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