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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.
14,810 approved · 2,267 refused · 940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
41 BISPHAM ROAD AND LAND REAR OF 19-39 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Mar 200526 CHATSWORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AN
Received 1 Mar 2005GRASS VERGE, DINMORE PLACE ADJACENT TO THE DINMORE PUBLIC HOUSE.
Received 1 Mar 2005Pavement adjacent Uncle Tom's Cabin, Knowle Avenue
Received 1 Mar 20051 WINDLE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QX
Received 1 Mar 2005226 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RS
Received 2 Mar 200556 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9ST
Received 2 Mar 200567 HARRINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QD
Received 2 Mar 2005102 KNOWLE AVENUE, NORTH SHORE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UU
Received 3 Mar 200516 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NX
Received 3 Mar 2005Land Adjoining 203 Common Edge Road
Received 3 Mar 2005180 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QW
Received 3 Mar 20056 BRAITH CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4YE
Received 3 Mar 200520 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SP
Received 3 Mar 2005430 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BE
Received 4 Mar 2005676 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AW
Received 4 Mar 200515 CASTLEGATE, BLACKPOOL
Received 4 Mar 200550 FALKLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HJ
Received 7 Mar 200524 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JA
Received 7 Mar 200524 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JA
Received 7 Mar 2005DUNNO COTTAGE, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EN
Received 7 Mar 2005LAND ADJACENT TO BLACKPOOL LIGHTCRAFT CLUB, STARR GATE, BLACKPOOL
Received 8 Mar 200514 HILLCREST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QT
Received 8 Mar 2005172 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JN
Received 8 Mar 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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