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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.
13,507 approved · 2,127 refused · 885 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
189 ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EF
Received 29 Mar 2004103 LUTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RT
Received 29 Mar 20041 HAMPTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JB
Received 26 Mar 200426 WANSTEAD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AR
Received 29 Mar 200467 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DA
Received 26 Mar 2004JIM PROCTOR, 8 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HG
Received 31 Mar 20049 MOORETREE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LL
Received 31 Mar 200467 FLEETWOOD ROAD (LAND TO REAR), THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 1 Apr 2004TOWN HALL, TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NG
Received 1 Apr 200416 GRANVILLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NP
Received 1 Apr 200499 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NE
Received 1 Apr 2004232 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NG
Received 1 Apr 200447 EXCHANGE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DZ
Received 2 Apr 2004Rear of 11 Rawcliffe Street, Blackpool
Received 2 Apr 2004RED LION HOTEL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AR
Received 2 Apr 20044 TEESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TH
Received 2 Apr 200429 VALEWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3ER
Received 5 Apr 200463 BOARDMAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QE
Received 2 Apr 2004Units 7 - 12, Spen Business Park, Ashworth Road, Blackpool
Received 2 Apr 200440 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QT
Received 5 Apr 2004BLACKPOOL ZOO PARK, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PP
Received 5 Apr 200490 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JF
Received 5 Apr 2004Premises adj. 1 Back Clarendon Road, Blackpool
Received 6 Apr 200445 HALTON GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XR
Received 6 Apr 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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