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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.
15,365 approved · 2,355 refused · 963 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 WALPOLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SF
Received 14 Nov 2005H FEENEY TOYOTA, DEVONSHIRE ROAD GARAGE, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AR
Received 14 Nov 200514 DUNELT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LS
Received 14 Nov 200535 BRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DL
Received 14 Nov 20058 - 12 HADDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AH
Received 14 Nov 200551 WOODRIDGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PP
Received 14 Nov 20052 PENROSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4DH
Received 14 Nov 200545A HANDSWORTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RQ
Received 15 Nov 200527 BRIGHT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BS
Received 15 Nov 2005PRIORY COURT, RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EW
Received 15 Nov 200555-59 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 15 Nov 2005131 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, FY5 3BS
Received 16 Nov 200531 GOLDSBORO AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RR
Received 16 Nov 200526 GREENWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RQ
Received 16 Nov 200551 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LJ
Received 16 Nov 2005DE VERE HOTEL, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LL
Received 18 Nov 200548-70 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PX
Received 17 Nov 200515-17 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 18 Nov 200548-70 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PX
Received 17 Nov 2005CASTLE CASINO, 64 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QG
Received 18 Nov 200550 CONWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JH
Received 18 Nov 200539 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PR
Received 18 Nov 2005528 BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LW
Received 21 Nov 200519 BENSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HP
Received 21 Nov 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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