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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.
14,427 approved · 2,217 refused · 929 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HR
Received 22 Sept 2004322 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3JX
Received 23 Sept 200424 PINEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0EF
Received 23 Sept 200430 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HW
Received 23 Sept 2004264 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NL
Received 23 Sept 200444 BURNSIDE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AF
Received 24 Sept 200441 TORSWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LD
Received 24 Sept 200421 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 23 Sept 200417-19 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BX
Received 24 Sept 200427 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NP
Received 24 Sept 200488 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DE
Received 28 Sept 2004661 New South Promenade
Received 27 Sept 200464 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RT
Received 27 Sept 2004112B ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BA
Received 27 Sept 200424 ANSDELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PY
Received 28 Sept 200413 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AZ
Received 28 Sept 20047 EMERALD CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3LH
Received 28 Sept 2004226 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PX
Received 28 Sept 200416 IDLEWOOD PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3SJ
Received 28 Sept 200420 LUNE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LE
Received 28 Sept 2004173 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DL
Received 29 Sept 2004PLOT 4, 197 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QG
Received 29 Sept 2004NORBRECK CASTLE FILLING STATION, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 29 Sept 200418 WILLOWS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AY
Received 29 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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