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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.
14,362 approved · 2,214 refused · 926 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jul 2002 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
172 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AA
Received 25 Aug 20049 SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 26 Aug 200444 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QW
Received 26 Aug 2004142-144 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RE
Received 26 Aug 2004H SAMUEL LTD, 7/15 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HJ
Received 27 Aug 2004H SAMUEL LTD, 7 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HJ
Received 27 Aug 200410 GOODWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TT
Received 27 Aug 20044 DUNES AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PU
Received 27 Aug 200447 WASHINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PT
Received 27 Aug 200491 WITHNELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HE
Received 27 Aug 200442 PRIMROSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LL
Received 27 Aug 200471-77 Osborne Road
Received 31 Aug 200498 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JJ
Received 31 Aug 200426 RAMSEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AH
Received 31 Aug 2004BROMLEY CLOSE (LAND OFF, FACING NOS. 20-27 AND ADJOINING 43 BISPHAM ROAD
Received 1 Sept 200467 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RE
Received 1 Sept 20045 MAURICE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QH
Received 1 Sept 20048 KEMPTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HS
Received 1 Sept 2004BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 1 Sept 200425-27 LIVINGSTONE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BZ
Received 1 Sept 20041 LOXHAM GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3NY
Received 1 Sept 200452 ORCHARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NY
Received 1 Sept 200454 ORCHARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NY
Received 1 Sept 20042 SOUTHBANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BX
Received 2 Sept 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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