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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.
14,407 approved · 2,216 refused · 929 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 16 Sept 200423 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HQ
Received 17 Sept 2004ST. BERNADETTES CHURCH HALL, 26 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AS
Received 17 Sept 2004BEACON HILL HIGH SCHOOL, WARBRECK HILL ROAD
Received 17 Sept 2004LAYTON DEPOT, DEPOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HW
Received 20 Sept 2004HOYLE HOUSE, ARGOSY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7NN
Received 20 Sept 200420 PRINCEWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DQ
Received 20 Sept 20044 HUNTINGDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SS
Received 20 Sept 200416 CLITHEROE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PN
Received 20 Sept 2004136 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QR
Received 20 Sept 2004HIGHFIELD HOTEL, HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LA
Received 20 Sept 2004220 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PD
Received 20 Sept 200440 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RY
Received 20 Sept 2004FLEETWOOD ROAD, NEAR TO JUNCTION WITH MOSSOM LANE, BLACKPOOL
Received 20 Sept 2004SHELL UK LTD, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QX
Received 21 Sept 20048 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU
Received 21 Sept 2004HIGHFIELD ROAD, ADJACENT TO HIGHFIELD PUBLIC HOUSE, BLACKPOOL
Received 21 Sept 2004HOTEL ROSSI, 263 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AH
Received 21 Sept 200456-58 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RF
Received 21 Sept 20048A FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 21 Sept 200410 SANDRIDGE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SJ
Received 21 Sept 200436 KING STREET / 2A CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 Sept 20042 KNIGHTSBRIDGE / 162 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HH
Received 22 Sept 200410 ALFRED STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LH
Received 22 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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