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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.
14,723 approved · 2,251 refused · 937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 QUERNMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SU
Received 21 Dec 20042-7 GYNN SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JR
Received 21 Dec 200443 ABERCORN PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RZ
Received 21 Dec 2004327-329 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JR
Received 21 Dec 2004327-329 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JR
Received 21 Dec 2004BISPHAM FIRE STATION, RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EA
Received 21 Dec 2004SOUTH SHORE FIRE STATION, ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AP
Received 21 Dec 2004154-158 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PS
Received 21 Dec 200448 ABERCORN PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RZ
Received 22 Dec 20042 WEETON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QW
Received 22 Dec 200478 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8EP
Received 23 Dec 2004DEVONSHIRE INFANT SCHOOL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AF
Received 23 Dec 200411 & 13 LANG STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EJ
Received 23 Dec 200423 WILSON SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RF
Received 23 Dec 200455 HASTINGS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0EY
Received 23 Dec 200473 ST LUKES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EL
Received 23 Dec 20042 THE SANCTUARY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QL
Received 23 Dec 200453 WASDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NP
Received 23 Dec 200455 WASDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NP
Received 23 Dec 2004112 NEVILLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RF
Received 23 Dec 2004322 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3JX
Received 23 Dec 200413 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AB
Received 23 Dec 200431 FREEMANTLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SX
Received 24 Dec 200468 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AQ
Received 24 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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