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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.
14,515 approved · 2,228 refused · 929 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BOOTS THE CHEMISTS LTD, 28-38 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TE
Received 22 Oct 20046 BENNETT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DP
Received 22 Oct 20046 BENTINCK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SB
Received 22 Oct 2004116 VICTORY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NW
Received 25 Oct 200436 CLEATOR AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TZ
Received 25 Oct 2004105 POULTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JJ
Received 25 Oct 2004PALATINE LEARNING AND RESOURCE CENTRE, ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 25 Oct 2004NORBRECK PRIMARY SCHOOL, NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PD
Received 25 Oct 2004OWLS REST HOME, 168 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BL
Received 25 Oct 2004225 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AA
Received 26 Oct 2004NORBRECK BOWLING & TENNIS CLUB, CLOVELLY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RZ
Received 26 Oct 20042 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NW
Received 26 Oct 2004BURBAGE PROPERTIES, 198 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JS
Received 26 Oct 200458 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LL
Received 26 Oct 200416 GREYSTOKE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NR
Received 26 Oct 2004BRUNSWICK W M C, 21-27 BETHESDA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DT
Received 26 Oct 200414 SHERBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PW
Received 25 Oct 2004660 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RG
Received 27 Oct 2004258 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HY
Received 27 Oct 200445a /47a Handsworth Road
Received 27 Oct 2004ELDERLANDS, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EP
Received 27 Oct 200436 DAUNTESEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PS
Received 28 Oct 2004263 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AZ
Received 28 Oct 20041 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BZ
Received 28 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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