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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.
14,861 approved · 2,275 refused · 941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 SHERBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PW
Received 23 Mar 200512-16 BANK HEY STREET, (W H SMITH), BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RT
Received 23 Mar 20052 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LG
Received 23 Mar 2005183 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NU
Received 24 Mar 2005ST JOHNS CHURCH , CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BP
Received 24 Mar 200554 ST ALBANS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EQ
Received 17 Mar 2005252 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NU
Received 24 Mar 2005147 ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EY
Received 24 Mar 2005LAND AT MARSHDALE ROAD/BENNETTS LANE/HOLGATE, BLACKPOOL
Received 29 Mar 200520 ROXBURGH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NU
Received 29 Mar 2005427 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JD
Received 29 Mar 2005216 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 29 Mar 20051 WINDERMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BX
Received 29 Mar 20052 TAYBANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HS
Received 29 Mar 2005LAND ADJ 1 BACK CLARENDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 29 Mar 20051 ST LUKES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EL
Received 29 Mar 200559 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JQ
Received 30 Mar 2005ASDA STORES LTD, 160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 30 Mar 2005THE YEADON WAY, YEADON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BF
Received 30 Mar 200511 KIDBROOKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QR
Received 30 Mar 2005MOOR PARK INFANT SCHOOL, MOOR PARK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LY
Received 30 Mar 20055 CASTLERIGG PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RN
Received 30 Mar 2005LAND OFF AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 30 Mar 200529 WINCHCOMBE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HJ
Received 30 Mar 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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