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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.
15,281 approved · 2,340 refused · 960 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BD
Received 6 Sept 2005375 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EB
Received 7 Sept 2005NORTH SHORE BOATING POOL, QUEENS PROMENADE
Received 7 Sept 2005BAMBI HOTEL, 27 BRIGHT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BS
Received 7 Sept 200523 DICKSON ROAD / 34 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 7 Sept 2005111 BUCHANAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3BP
Received 7 Sept 200588A RIBBLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AB
Received 7 Sept 20056 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BP
Received 7 Sept 200518 BOOTHLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RS
Received 8 Sept 2005NORBRECK CASTLE HOTEL, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AA
Received 8 Sept 200536 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SU
Received 8 Sept 200528A WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AL
Received 8 Sept 2005224 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RE
Received 8 Sept 200524 HADDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AH
Received 9 Sept 200530 HIGHGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QJ
Received 9 Sept 200511 STANLEY PARK CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TR
Received 9 Sept 2005264-280 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1SA
Received 9 Sept 200592 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NN
Received 9 Sept 20055 PETER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3LT
Received 9 Sept 2005EXISTING TELEPHONE KIOSK, ADJACENT 1a CHAPEL STREET
Received 9 Sept 2005EXISTING TELEPHONE KIOSK ADJACENT TO 75-77 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Sept 2005EXISTING TELEPHONE KIOSK, ADJACENT TO CORAL ISLAND SNACK BAR, NEW BONNY STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Sept 200530 LEYBURN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AQ
Received 9 Sept 20059 RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DE
Received 12 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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