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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.
15,267 approved · 2,336 refused · 960 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 GLENMERE CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QD
Received 30 Aug 2005149 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UP
Received 30 Aug 200545 LONGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HW
Received 26 Aug 2005BEACON HILL HIGH SCHOOL, WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TS
Received 30 Aug 20054 MILLER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HE
Received 30 Aug 200523 ANNASIDE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AA
Received 30 Aug 20054 PRIORY GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QE
Received 30 Aug 200575 KIPLING DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9UF
Received 31 Aug 200528 KENWYN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HR
Received 31 Aug 200514 MILFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TZ
Received 30 Aug 2005161 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DX
Received 31 Aug 200556 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RU
Received 30 Aug 2005213 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AA
Received 1 Sept 200555-57 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AA
Received 1 Sept 2005396-398 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 1 Sept 200523 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EH
Received 1 Sept 2005LAND REAR 5-15 JUNE AVENUE
Received 1 Sept 20054 WANSTEAD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AR
Received 1 Sept 2005148 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EE
Received 2 Sept 2005PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO TOTAL FILLING STATION, CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 5 Sept 2005EXISTING TELEPHONE KIOSK, JUNCTION OF BANK HEY STREET/ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL FY1 5PY
Received 5 Sept 200557 COWLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NE
Received 5 Sept 2005142 - 144 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RE
Received 6 Sept 2005DEAN NURSERIES, CHAPEL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HU
Received 7 Sept 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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