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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.
13,583 approved · 2,131 refused · 891 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
185 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NG
Received 27 Apr 200413 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AP
Received 27 Apr 2004UNIT 2, 41 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU
Received 27 Apr 200479 HALTON GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XR
Received 26 Apr 200453 STONY HILL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PR
Received 27 Apr 200451 LANCASTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SR
Received 28 Apr 2004245 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3NS
Received 28 Apr 200412 WYRE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PW
Received 28 Apr 200413 CHARLES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HD
Received 29 Apr 2004257 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3NU
Received 30 Apr 2004162 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JN
Received 28 Apr 2004249A WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL
Received 30 Apr 200417 WILVERE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QA
Received 29 Apr 20041 MIDGELAND TERRACE, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EW
Received 29 Apr 2004242 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AA
Received 29 Apr 2004183 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NU
Received 30 Apr 200454 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9ST
Received 30 Apr 200412 JERSEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QE
Received 30 Apr 2004Unit A, Blackpool Retail Park, Squires Gate Lane
Received 30 Apr 200495 WARBRECK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RZ
Received 30 Apr 20041 DALE STREET MEWS, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AG
Received 30 Apr 2004Land at Seasiders Way / Central Corridor / Bloomfield Road
Received 30 Apr 2004Bannister Court, 180-182 Queens Promenade, Blackpool, FY2 9LW
Received 30 Apr 200490 Dickson Road, Blackpool, FY1 2BU
Received 30 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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