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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.
15,198 approved · 2,325 refused · 958 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 STATION TERRACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HT
Received 1 Jul 200535 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EG
Received 1 Jul 20057/9 THE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JJ
Received 1 Jul 200511 SECOND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EX
Received 1 Jul 200522 LANGFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PA
Received 4 Jul 200518 DUNCAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DB
Received 4 Jul 2005505 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ED
Received 4 Jul 200534 EXCHANGE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DX
Received 5 Jul 200541 HESKETH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JX
Received 5 Jul 2005LAND TO REAR 67 FLEETWOOD ROAD
Received 5 Jul 2005CIP UK LTD, BRINWELL BUSINESS CENTRE, BRINWELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QU
Received 5 Jul 2005294 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PZ
Received 5 Jul 200512 WESTBOURNE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JA
Received 6 Jul 2005FORMER CASDON BUILDING, LEE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QS
Received 6 Jul 200528 BIRKDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0ES
Received 6 Jul 200554 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4NB
Received 6 Jul 200515 LUDLOW GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PZ
Received 6 Jul 200593-95 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BZ
Received 6 Jul 2005237 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DJ
Received 7 Jul 200540 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QT
Received 7 Jul 200549 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 7 Jul 200547 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AP
Received 7 Jul 2005247 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LF
Received 7 Jul 2005LAND ADJACENT TO SEASIDERS WAY/SEYMOUR ROAD/BLOOMFIELD ROAD
Received 8 Jul 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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