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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.
15,292 approved · 2,344 refused · 960 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
EXISTING KIOSK ADJACENT 9 WATERLOO ROAD
Received 12 Sept 2005EXISTING TELEPHONE KIOSK ADJACENT TO ICELAND, TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 12 Sept 2005511 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1TE
Received 13 Sept 200522 BROOKLYN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DP
Received 13 Sept 2005PREMISES AT COLERIDGE ROAD AND GROUND FLOOR OF 57 BOOTHLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RS
Received 13 Sept 2005114 LAYTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8ES
Received 13 Sept 2005499 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BA
Received 13 Sept 20051 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4YH
Received 13 Sept 20051 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4YH
Received 13 Sept 200519 RIBBY PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SE
Received 13 Sept 20058 ATHLONE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UY
Received 14 Sept 20051 ACTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EE
Received 14 Sept 2005GRAND METROPOLE HOTEL, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RQ
Received 14 Sept 2005SOUTHSIDE, DICKIES LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LG
Received 14 Sept 2005POUNDSMORE BUILDING, CORNFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QQ
Received 14 Sept 200512 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LF
Received 15 Sept 2005FERNLEA, WHALLEY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PW
Received 15 Sept 200551 KESWICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PB
Received 15 Sept 20059 CARSHALTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NR
Received 15 Sept 20057 SCARSDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NP
Received 16 Sept 2005ST CUTHBERTS PRIMARY SCHOOL, LIGHTWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AU
Received 16 Sept 20056 VALEWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3ER
Received 16 Sept 200523 ROXBURGH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NU
Received 19 Sept 200522A, CAMBRIDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QQ
Received 20 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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