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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.
13,924 approved · 2,171 refused · 911 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Sept 2002 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 EPPING CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BL
Received 19 May 2004658 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RG
Received 19 May 2004160 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HL
Received 21 May 200455 LEAMINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HF
Received 19 May 200440 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NW
Received 21 May 20042 GOLDSBORO AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RR
Received 21 May 200416 BARDSWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JP
Received 21 May 2004Norbreck Tram Stations (Streetworks), Queens Promenade, Blackpool, FY2 9AA
Received 20 May 200410 SANDRIDGE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SJ
Received 21 May 2004WHALLEY FARM, WHALLEY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PW
Received 21 May 20041 ANSDELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LZ
Received 24 May 200455 ST LUKES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EL
Received 24 May 2004156 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BP
Received 24 Apr 20046 WINGATE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HE
Received 24 May 200442-56 ASHBURTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PF
Received 24 May 2004GRANGE PARK POST OFFICE, 53 CHEPSTOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7PH
Received 24 May 2004Clifton Drive adjacent 53/55, Blackpool
Received 24 May 20049 QUARRYBANK, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3DN
Received 26 May 20046 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QX
Received 25 May 2004Land at Chiswick Grove
Received 26 May 2004MERESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RR
Received 27 May 2004204 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JE
Received 26 May 20046 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NW
Received 27 May 2004ST JOHNS VESTRY, CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BP
Received 26 May 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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