Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
15,148 approved · 2,317 refused · 955 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 6 Jun 200519 GELDOF DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AQ
Received 6 Jun 200559 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JQ
Received 6 Jun 200577-79 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DG
Received 7 Jun 200566 HARRINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QD
Received 7 Jun 200514 GLENDALE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BS
Received 7 Jun 20058 GAYDON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HN
Received 7 Jun 2005110-112 MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EX
Received 8 Jun 2005401-403 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BH
Received 8 Jun 2005401-403 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BH
Received 8 Jun 200514 SOMERSET AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QU
Received 8 Jun 2005200 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EE
Received 8 Jun 200524 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RN
Received 8 Jun 2005ST CUTHBERTS SCHOOL, LIGHTWOOD AVENUE AND PALATINE HIGH SCHOOL, ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Jun 200565 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RU
Received 9 Jun 200511 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BE
Received 9 Jun 20051 MARSHDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5PF
Received 9 Jun 200511 KILDONAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NL
Received 10 Jun 2005LAND REAR OF 27 WESTFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 10 Jun 2005ARNOLD SCHOOL, LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JE
Received 10 Jun 200552 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QB
Received 10 Jun 200528-30 ONSLOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DF
Received 10 Jun 2005ARCUS HOUSE, 221 KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PJ
Received 13 Jun 200535 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HQ
Received 14 Jun 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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