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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.
15,309 approved · 2,345 refused · 960 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91-93 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PW
Received 20 Sept 200530 HURSTMERE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EJ
Received 20 Sept 2005NO.4 & FREEMASONS, LAYTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8ER
Received 20 Sept 2005311 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RW
Received 20 Sept 2005ST NICHOLAS C OF E SCHOOL, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 21 Sept 2005100 FORDWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JN
Received 21 Sept 2005Promenade opposite Clifton Drive and Promenade adjacent to Southern Gateway car park, Blackpool
Received 21 Sept 200580 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QS
Received 23 Sept 2005LAND AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CORNER OF DEVONSHIRE ROAD & CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 23 Sept 20052 MONTAGUE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AT
Received 23 Sept 200510 NITHSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SA
Received 23 Sept 200561 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RU
Received 23 Sept 200519 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SN
Received 26 Sept 20058 MARSHDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5PF
Received 27 Sept 2005358 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QN
Received 26 Sept 2005117 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 26 Sept 2005LIDL UK , 4 ANCHORSHOLME LANE WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1LY
Received 26 Sept 200559 SAWLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NB
Received 27 Sept 2005444 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EB
Received 27 Sept 200514 ASKRIGG CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5RE
Received 28 Sept 200522 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JE
Received 28 Sept 200522 BEXLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TE
Received 28 Sept 20059 SOMERSET AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QU
Received 28 Sept 2005MOOR PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, MOOR PARK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LY
Received 28 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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