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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.
15,169 approved · 2,318 refused · 957 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND TO REAR OF CHAPEL ROAD, WESTBANK AVENUE, SOUTHBANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 14 Jun 200540 FIR GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PL
Received 14 Jun 2005273/275 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AJ
Received 16 Jun 2005FAIRFIELD, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EN
Received 15 Jun 200525 CORNWALL PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NR
Received 15 Jun 2005FERN BANK, WHITEHOLME ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HX
Received 16 Jun 200548 KIRKSTONE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QH
Received 16 Jun 200562 HERON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FB
Received 16 Jun 200514 STOKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QB
Received 16 Jun 200525 WESTMINSTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QE
Received 16 Jun 2005307 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JL
Received 16 Jun 2005DEPARTMENT FOR NATIONAL SAVINGS, MYTHOP ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9YP
Received 16 Jun 2005CHARLES COURT, HEALEY STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 16 Jun 2005REAR 71 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 16 Jun 200584 DONCASTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TA
Received 17 Jun 200520-24 COOP STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AJ
Received 17 Jun 200522 ALEXANDRA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BU
Received 17 Jun 2005181-189 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NY
Received 17 Jun 20057 DERWENT PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HA
Received 20 Jun 200544 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HX
Received 20 Jun 20055 LORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RT
Received 20 Jun 200533 NEVILLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BQ
Received 20 Jun 200552 CONWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JH
Received 20 Jun 200542 CARSHALTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NR
Received 21 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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