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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.
14,384 approved · 2,216 refused · 928 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42-56 ASHBURTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PF
Received 2 Sept 2004THE COACH HOUSE, 1 HOO HILL LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HL
Received 3 Sept 200419 TRAFALGAR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AW
Received 3 Sept 200414 WILLSHAW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SH
Received 3 Sept 200444 WESTMINSTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RN
Received 3 Sept 200466-70 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8EP
Received 3 Sept 200425 PATTERDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QT
Received 6 Sept 20041A MADISON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HE
Received 7 Sept 200421 KESWICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PB
Received 7 Sept 20043 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AS
Received 7 Sept 200435 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HQ
Received 7 Sept 2004117 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 7 Sept 20043 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AS
Received 8 Sept 2004184 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RB
Received 8 Sept 200427 RALEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SG
Received 8 Sept 200437 BOURNEMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LP
Received 8 Sept 200419 DUDLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TU
Received 8 Sept 2004LAND AT LORD STREET/QUEEN STREET
Received 8 Sept 200413 WESTMINSTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QE
Received 9 Sept 200425 CLOVELLY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RU
Received 9 Sept 200460 ROOKWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EX
Received 9 Sept 200454 CHESTERFIELD ROAD / 60 SHERBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PL
Received 9 Sept 2004STANLEY PARK, BLACKPOOL
Received 10 Sept 200421 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QE
Received 10 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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