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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.
14,499 approved · 2,227 refused · 929 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
110 VICTORY ROAD / 128B CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3JS
Received 21 Oct 2004MARTON LIBRARY, 390 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 20 Oct 2004ASDA STORES LTD, 160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 21 Oct 200422 WYNDHAM GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3NX
Received 21 Oct 200443 LONGFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BN
Received 21 Oct 200474-78 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BW
Received 21 Oct 2004KWIK SAVE GROUP PLC, 1 WELBECK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ES
Received 21 Oct 200425 Clifford Road, Blackpool, FY1 2PU
Received 21 Oct 2004CENTRAL RESERVATION (NEAR FORMER LAYTON CLINIC), ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 21 Oct 2004159 LYTHAM ROAD AND 58 ST.CHAD'S ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DL
Received 12 Nov 200412-13 CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EA
Received 12 Nov 200418 WATERHEAD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QR
Received 21 Oct 20049 LICHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RS
Received 21 Oct 200435 EASTBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LQ
Received 21 Oct 200412 PLEASANT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JA
Received 21 Oct 20046 KING GEORGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SN
Received 21 Oct 2004LAND REAR OF 81 MANSFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 Oct 200430 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU
Received 21 Oct 200431 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU
Received 21 Oct 200434 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU
Received 21 Oct 200435 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU
Received 21 Oct 2004ST JOHN'S CHURCH, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BP
Received 22 Oct 2004ST JOHN'S CHURCH, CHURCH STREET , BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BP
Received 22 Oct 2004NORTH SHORE BOATING POOL, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 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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