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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.
13,973 approved · 2,175 refused · 911 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Units 33,34,35 and 36 Ocean Boulevard, Blackpool Pleasure Beach Ltd, Promenade, Blackpool
Received 1 Jun 2004The Big Blue Hotel, Clifton Drive/Burlington Road West, Blackpool, FY4 1EZ
Received 1 Jun 2004469 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LB
Received 2 Jun 2004572 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PH
Received 1 Jun 200469 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DU
Received 2 Jun 2004STRATHALLAN, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EL
Received 2 Jun 2004Helio Leisure Fitness Gym, (adj to No. 4 Public House) Newton Drive, Blackpool
Received 3 Jun 200433 HILL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DF
Received 3 Jun 2004POPLAR COTTAGE, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ER
Received 7 Jun 2004114 HEMINGWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3DR
Received 3 Jun 200434 LICHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RS
Received 4 Jun 200423-25 LAYCOCK GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AT
Received 21 Jun 2004271 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JA
Received 4 Jun 2004294 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NQ
Received 4 Jun 20044 KINROSS CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PE
Received 4 Jun 2004218 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RS
Received 4 Jun 200431 HESKETH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JX
Received 4 Jun 200491-93 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DT
Received 4 Jun 200413 KING GEORGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SN
Received 4 Jun 200428 WEYMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RW
Received 7 Jun 200434 EXCHANGE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DX
Received 7 Jun 2004100 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JN
Received 7 Jun 2004POPLAR NURSERIES, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ER
Received 7 Jun 200488 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9NS
Received 8 Jun 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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