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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.
14,738 approved · 2,257 refused · 938 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 CARLYLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PF
Received 25 Jan 200555 ST LUKES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EL
Received 25 Jan 200547 WASHINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PT
Received 26 Jan 2005RYSCAR WAY (OFF KINCRAIG ROAD)
Received 26 Jan 2005231-233 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PB
Received 26 Jan 200518 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SF
Received 26 Jan 2005WILANN, WHITEHOLME ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HX
Received 26 Jan 20056 SHIPLEY CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UJ
Received 26 Jan 200554 ORCHARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NY
Received 27 Jan 200571 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JQ
Received 26 Jan 200520 THIRLMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DA
Received 26 Jan 200567 FLEETWOOD ROAD (LAND TO REAR), THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 27 Jan 200512 HEADFORT CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RX
Received 27 Jan 200552 ORCHARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NY
Received 28 Jan 2005BENFELLS LTD, DURHAM ROAD (REAR OF 2-14), BLACKPOOL
Received 28 Jan 200529 DONCASTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SQ
Received 28 Jan 2005GRAND HOTEL HOLIDAY FLATS, STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 31 Jan 200548 SHETLAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LW
Received 28 Jan 2005LAYTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, LYNWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DG
Received 31 Jan 20052 JEPSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5FH
Received 31 Jan 20051-3 MILBOURNE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3ER
Received 24 Jan 2005379 NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3PF
Received 31 Jan 200530/32 ELIZABETH STREET AND 2/2A FAIRHURST STREET
Received 31 Jan 200571-77 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 31 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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