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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.
15,260 approved · 2,334 refused · 960 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 REGENT ROAD AND PART 107 ADELAIDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LY
Received 17 Aug 2005LAND AT CONDOR GROVE, BLACKPOOL
Received 19 Aug 2005216 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 19 Aug 200534-36 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LF
Received 19 Aug 20054 YORKSHIRE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BG
Received 22 Aug 20055 EAST TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AS
Received 23 Aug 200519 ST CHADS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BP
Received 23 Aug 2005197 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HQ
Received 23 Aug 2005THE WAREHOUSE - CITY DISTRIBUTION LTD, THOMAS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HG
Received 23 Aug 2005PARIS CASINO, STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 23 Aug 2005LAND BETWEEN TOWER STREET, ADELAIDE STREET AND CORONATION STREET (ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING HOUNDS HILL SHOPPING CENTRE), BLACKPOOL
Received 24 Aug 200511A STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BE
Received 24 Aug 2005OLD COACH HOUSE HOTEL, 50 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 24 Aug 200535 WESTFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LU
Received 24 Aug 200576 GUILDFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AB
Received 25 Aug 200520 KINGSMEDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3NW
Received 25 Aug 200514 LOW MOOR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PG
Received 26 Aug 20055 LAURIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JQ
Received 26 Aug 200525 PINEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0EF
Received 26 Aug 2005279 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SZ
Received 25 Aug 2005NORTH SHORE POST OFFICE, 61 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AP
Received 26 Aug 200533 NEVILLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BQ
Received 25 Aug 200521 ELIZABETH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3JB
Received 25 Aug 200573 WASHINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PP
Received 30 Aug 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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