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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.
14,553 approved · 2,229 refused · 931 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
365-367 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BJ
Received 29 Nov 2004LAYTON DEPOT, DEPOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HW
Received 29 Nov 2004317 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EE
Received 29 Nov 200456 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RU
Received 29 Nov 200436 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SA
Received 29 Nov 200446 MOORETREE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LL
Received 29 Nov 20044 ST MICHAELS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LD
Received 29 Nov 2004406 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 29 Nov 2004UNIT 4 PALATINE BUILDINGS, BANK HEY STREET
Received 29 Nov 200422 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JA
Received 29 Nov 200449 HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BN
Received 29 Nov 2004518 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JS
Received 30 Nov 200418 BAGOT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EZ
Received 30 Nov 20046 DOVEDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9UA
Received 30 Nov 2004324 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QS
Received 1 Dec 200427 STAINFORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0ER
Received 1 Dec 20049 ULLSWATER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BZ
Received 1 Dec 2004157 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9ER
Received 2 Dec 2004LAND AT LANGDALE ROAD, LANGDALE PLACE, CRUMMOCK PLACE & MICKLEDEN ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 2 Dec 20048 LIMECHASE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LR
Received 2 Dec 20047 ARNSIDE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6NB
Received 3 Dec 20048 JAMES AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LB
Received 3 Dec 200423 KING EDWARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TA
Received 7 Dec 2004LAND AT CHISWICK GROVE
Received 7 Dec 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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