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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.
15,371 approved · 2,357 refused · 963 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QJ
Received 29 Nov 20059 GLOSSOP CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DE
Received 29 Nov 2005158 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QW
Received 29 Nov 200527 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HQ
Received 29 Nov 200548 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PG
Received 29 Nov 2005219 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HW
Received 29 Nov 200518 WHALLEY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PL
Received 29 Nov 200551 WOODFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AX
Received 29 Nov 2005SITE OF ARGOSY CLUB, ARGOSY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7NQ
Received 29 Nov 2005LAND REAR 25 CORNWALL PLACE (adj Former Pixie House Mushrooms)
Received 29 Nov 200587 MANSFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HZ
Received 30 Nov 2005339 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RE
Received 30 Nov 200536 RALEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SQ
Received 1 Dec 200536 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 1 Dec 200531 ST CHADS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BP
Received 1 Dec 2005130 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ES
Received 1 Dec 2005BISPHAM ENDOWED JUNIOR SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HH
Received 2 Dec 200545 LUTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3ED
Received 2 Dec 200522 DEANSGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BN
Received 1 Dec 200583 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 2 Dec 200565 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QN
Received 5 Dec 200528 BIRKDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0ES
Received 5 Dec 2005117 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NR
Received 5 Dec 2005LAND AT REAR 142-146 HARCOURT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 5 Dec 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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