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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.
15,228 approved · 2,330 refused · 959 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 ROYAL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PS
Received 20 Jul 2005250 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PD
Received 20 Jul 200529 DONCASTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SQ
Received 21 Jul 200512 ASKRIGG CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5RE
Received 21 Jul 200539 LAUDERDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JP
Received 21 Jul 200517 TEENADORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3JN
Received 22 Jul 200511 LIMECHASE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LR
Received 22 Jul 200544 WILSON SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RF
Received 22 Jul 200545A Grasmere Road / 34 Lune Grove
Received 22 Jul 2005STRATHALLAN, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EL
Received 22 Jul 200525 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU
Received 22 Jul 200531 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU
Received 22 Jul 2005THAMES ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, THAMES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1ED
Received 25 Jul 2005THAMES ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, THAMES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1ED
Received 25 Jul 200551 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RF
Received 25 Jul 2005558 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PH
Received 25 Jul 200515 ROSSINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DN
Received 25 Jul 2005NIGHTINGALES NURSING HOME, 355A NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PB
Received 25 Jul 200563 ALDERLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SP
Received 25 Jul 200539 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 25 Jul 2005BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB STADIUM , BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JJ
Received 25 Jul 200525 SHAW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HA
Received 25 Jul 200533 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SA
Received 25 Jul 200531 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SA
Received 25 Jul 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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