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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.
15,314 approved · 2,346 refused · 960 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SHELL PETROL FILLING STATION, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QX
Received 5 Oct 200558-60 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QJ
Received 29 Sept 200520 EAVES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NH
Received 30 Sept 200539 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QH
Received 29 Sept 200592 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DZ
Received 30 Sept 200514-16 PLEASANT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JA
Received 30 Sept 2005663-671 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RN
Received 30 Sept 200514 ROSEMARY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PQ
Received 30 Sept 200516 LINCOLN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HB
Received 30 Sept 200512 REGAL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3NL
Received 3 Oct 20054 ARLINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EL
Received 5 Oct 200540 LEITH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NW
Received 3 Oct 200554 THURSFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AH
Received 3 Oct 2005283 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TN
Received 3 Oct 200548 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QL
Received 3 Oct 200583 HIGHCROFT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BT
Received 3 Oct 200532 BENTINCK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SB
Received 3 Oct 2005179 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NX
Received 3 Oct 2005317-319 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JL
Received 4 Oct 2005LAYTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 200 KINGSCOTE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EN
Received 4 Oct 200513 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HX
Received 4 Oct 2005ASDA STORES LTD, 160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 4 Oct 200587-89 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1TH
Received 4 Oct 200550 PLOVERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FE
Received 5 Oct 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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