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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.
14,442 approved · 2,220 refused · 929 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT 11 CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 29 Sept 2004152 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QN
Received 29 Sept 200440 BALDWIN GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QF
Received 29 Sept 2004191 LANGDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ST
Received 30 Sept 2004102 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DS
Received 30 Sept 200447-49 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LL
Received 30 Sept 2004187-191 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Oct 200432 DUNCAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DB
Received 1 Oct 200414 BUCKLEY CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RH
Received 4 Oct 200438-40 ALEXANDRA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BU
Received 4 Oct 200439 LEAMINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HF
Received 4 Oct 2004355A NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PB
Received 5 Oct 2004724 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AP
Received 5 Oct 2004241 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LB
Received 5 Oct 20044 YORKSHIRE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BG
Received 5 Oct 200446-48 CHARNLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PF
Received 6 Oct 200428 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SA
Received 6 Oct 200425 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SA
Received 6 Oct 2004128 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DS
Received 7 Oct 2004130 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DS
Received 7 Oct 2004176 ABBEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PZ
Received 6 Oct 200467 Fleetwood Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 1SB
Received 7 Oct 200484 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RU
Received 7 Oct 200498 BURLINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JR
Received 7 Oct 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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