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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.
14,870 approved · 2,277 refused · 941 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
194-196 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EU
Received 31 Mar 2005174 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QS
Received 31 Mar 2005LAND BOUNDED BY GORTON STREET/VICTORY ROAD/CAUNCE STREET/GEORGE STREET
Received 31 Mar 2005350 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 31 Mar 2005LAND OFF COOPERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RJ
Received 31 Mar 200565-67 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RJ
Received 31 Mar 200550 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 31 Mar 2005NORBRECK PRIMARY SCHOOL, NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PD
Received 1 Apr 200556 CARLETON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JN
Received 1 Apr 200518 ALL SAINTS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AL
Received 1 Apr 2005LAND OFF KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Apr 2005LAND OFF KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Apr 200566-68 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 4 Apr 2005212 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PD
Received 4 Apr 20057 LATHAM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PP
Received 4 Apr 200511 BELVERDALE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NA
Received 5 Apr 200523 HILL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DF
Received 5 Apr 200531-33 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 6 Apr 200512 BEVERLEY GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BE
Received 6 Apr 200541-43 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AF
Received 7 Apr 2005ST WALBURGAS ROAD, NEAR 1 RUDYARD PLACE, BLACKPOOL
Received 7 Apr 2005EVANS HALSHAW PLC, 2 WELBECK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ES
Received 7 Apr 2005115 ST MARTINS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DZ
Received 7 Apr 2005UNIT 6A, MOOR PARK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JY
Received 7 Apr 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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