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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.
15,366 approved · 2,356 refused · 963 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 SANDRIDGE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SJ
Received 21 Nov 2005THE LIDO POOL, LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EW
Received 22 Nov 200537-39 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LL
Received 18 Nov 200510 CAMPBELL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8RG
Received 22 Nov 200552 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HQ
Received 22 Nov 2005ASDA STORES LTD, 160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 22 Nov 200561 ADELAIDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LF
Received 23 Nov 200510 MAYFAIR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QZ
Received 23 Nov 20051 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EY
Received 24 Nov 2005271 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JA
Received 23 Nov 2005STANLEY PARK, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 24 Nov 2005STANLEY PARK, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 24 Nov 2005WINSTONE HOUSE, 199 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3TG
Received 24 Nov 2005LOXLEY PLACE EAST (LAND WEST OF NOS 29-30), BLACKPOOL
Received 24 Nov 2005PROGRESS COURT, DINMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7QX
Received 29 Nov 2005NEWFIELD HOUSE, VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EW
Received 25 Nov 200569 WETHERBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QA
Received 25 Nov 2005ASDA STORES LTD, 160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 25 Nov 2005GRAND METROPOLE HOTEL, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RQ
Received 25 Nov 2005A T S LTD, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QA
Received 25 Nov 20057-9 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TA
Received 25 Nov 20054 CARLETON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JN
Received 29 Nov 20051 OPAL CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3LL
Received 29 Nov 2005LAND TO REAR 79 MANSFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 29 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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