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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.
15,124 approved · 2,314 refused · 953 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2001 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PARIS CASINO, STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 23 May 2005168 CUNLIFFE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6SB
Received 23 May 2005LOXLEY PLACE EAST, (LAND WEST OF NOS 29-30), BLACKPOOL
Received 24 May 200538 CHARNLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PF
Received 25 May 20058A FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 24 May 200519 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SN
Received 25 May 200516, 18 & 20 CHESTERFIELD ROAD
Received 25 May 20059 HASLEMERE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JG
Received 25 May 2005107 ADELAIDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LU
Received 25 May 200535 ANTRIM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UR
Received 26 May 2005160 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RP
Received 26 May 200555-59 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 26 May 200544 SHAW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HB
Received 26 May 2005MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL, ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AZ
Received 27 May 200540 ABBOTSFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RX
Received 27 May 200514 INGLETON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DX
Received 27 May 200539 LEAMINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HF
Received 27 May 200568 HERON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FB
Received 31 May 20057 BOOTHLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RS
Received 1 Jun 2005172 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BL
Received 31 May 2005LAND AT CORNER OF RIGBY ROAD AND CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Jun 2005CLANDEBOYE, WHALLEY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PW
Received 1 Jun 2005UNIT E, SQUIRES GATE RETAIL PARK, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AW
Received 1 Jun 2005116 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QR
Received 1 Jun 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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