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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.
15,217 approved · 2,328 refused · 958 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70-72 HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 14 Jul 200531 SANDGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NG
Received 14 Jul 2005185 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PQ
Received 14 Jul 2005279 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LR
Received 14 Jul 2005TESCO STORE, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 14 Jul 200532 KING GEORGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SW
Received 14 Jul 200532 PRIORY GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QE
Received 15 Jul 200568 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HT
Received 15 Jul 2005166 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BP
Received 15 Jul 200535 ST CHADS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BP
Received 15 Jul 2005210 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RE
Received 18 Jul 2005195 ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EF
Received 18 Jul 20053 LONGRIDGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QN
Received 18 Jul 200539 KESWICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PB
Received 26 Jul 2005192 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EE
Received 18 Jul 20058 KINGSCOTE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8HB
Received 18 Jul 200560 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 19 Jul 20054 KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EJ
Received 19 Jul 200557 BEXLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TE
Received 19 Jul 20051 THE CLOISTERS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LW
Received 19 Jul 2005LAND ADJACENT TO 232 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 19 Jul 200592/98 George Street/ 75 Victory Road
Received 19 Jul 200550 PRINCESS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EQ
Received 20 Jul 20051 WINDERMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BX
Received 20 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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