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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.
14,731 approved · 2,254 refused · 938 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Dec 2001 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 DALEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BT
Received 24 Dec 200485 IVY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QF
Received 24 Dec 200438 ST HELIERS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JE
Received 24 Dec 200449 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EF
Received 24 Dec 200442 WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NP
Received 29 Dec 2004KIPLING MANOR, 39 KIPLING DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TH
Received 29 Dec 2004241 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LB
Received 29 Dec 200423 BOSTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DA
Received 29 Dec 2004BLACKPOOL CENTRAL BOWLING & SOCIAL CLUB, 5-17 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DH
Received 29 Dec 2004BROADWAY HOTEL, 2-4 BURLINGTON ROAD WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NY
Received 31 Dec 2004160 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HL
Received 31 Dec 20041 CHILTERN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BN
Received 4 Jan 200549 PLUMPTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RB
Received 4 Jan 200514 BLOSSOM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AT
Received 4 Jan 2005Land adjacent to Moor Park Primary School, Moor Park Avenue, Blackpool
Received 5 Jan 2005DEVONSHIRE PRIMARY SCHOOL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AF
Received 6 Jan 200541 PLOVERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FD
Received 6 Jan 200553 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 6 Jan 200538 DEERHURST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HG
Received 6 Jan 2005IMPERIAL HOUSE, 140 KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PJ
Received 7 Jan 200522 BEECHWOOD GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DZ
Received 7 Jan 200512 & 16 Speyside, Blackpool, FY4 2BS
Received 7 Jan 2005BACK CUNLIFFE ROAD, REAR 130/132, BLACKPOOL
Received 10 Jan 2005177 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QR
Received 11 Jan 2005Records 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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