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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.
14,884 approved · 2,278 refused · 942 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
GYNN PUBLIC HOUSE, 341 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JL
Received 7 Apr 200541-43 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AF
Received 7 Apr 20052/8, Lytham Road & 1/7 Rigby Road
Received 8 Apr 20053 BALDWIN GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QF
Received 11 Apr 200511 ST JOSEPHS CLOSE, BLACKPOOL,
Received 11 Apr 200561 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 11 Apr 200513-15 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 11 Apr 200522 MANOR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EB
Received 11 Apr 2005CARLTON HOTEL, 286 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EZ
Received 11 Apr 200512 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QX
Received 11 Apr 200580 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JL
Received 11 Apr 2005258 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HL
Received 12 Apr 20052A Vance Road, Blackpool, FY1 4QD
Received 12 Apr 2005EXISTING TELEPHONE KIOSK, JUNCTION OF BANK HEY STREET/ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL FY1 5PY
Received 12 Apr 2005Existing telephone kiosk, adjacent to Happy Dayz Amusments, Promenade
Received 12 Apr 200525 EASTWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DW
Received 12 Apr 2005CHEQUERS HOTEL, 24 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RN
Received 12 Apr 200539 LAUDERDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JP
Received 12 Apr 2005183 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EU
Received 12 Apr 200556 NEVILLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BQ
Received 12 Apr 200515 RIVERSWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PD
Received 13 Apr 2005SOUTH SHORE UNITARIAN & FREE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EB
Received 14 Apr 2005APOLLO 2000, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EZ
Received 14 Apr 200512 WORCESTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RQ
Received 14 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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