Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
14,028 approved · 2,186 refused · 913 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
439 NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AP
Received 8 Jun 200438 DEWHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EL
Received 4 Jun 200427 HANOVER CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DL
Received 9 Jun 200419 OAKWOOD CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5FD
Received 10 Jun 200435-43 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RJ
Received 9 Jun 20048 DELPHENE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RY
Received 10 Jun 200435-43 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RJ
Received 9 Jun 2004ST NICHOLAS C OF E SCHOOL, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 11 Jun 200457 PENSWICK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BH
Received 10 Jun 200450 THRELFALL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6NN
Received 11 Jun 200434 EASTBANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BS
Received 11 Jun 200446 MOORETREE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LL
Received 11 Jun 2004161 WARREN DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3TG
Received 11 Jun 2004103 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JL
Received 11 Jun 200414 SHERBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PW
Received 14 Jun 2004170 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QG
Received 15 Jun 2004Land at Squires Gate Industrial Estate, Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool
Received 14 Jun 2004BENTWOOD COTTAGE, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ER
Received 14 Jun 2004Various Locations FY1
Received 4 Jun 2004Various Locations FY2
Received 4 Jun 2004Various locations FY3
Received 4 Jun 2004Various locations FY4
Received 4 Jun 2004SHERINGHAM AVENUE, ( land rear of 5 - 13 and 77 - 85 Fleetwood Road)
Received 14 Jun 200454 GOSFORTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TP
Received 14 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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