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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.
15,362 approved · 2,355 refused · 963 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NX
Received 4 Nov 20051 MEADOW CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WW
Received 7 Nov 20058 RALEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SG
Received 7 Nov 20052-22 GRANTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 7 Nov 2005NTK, 23-27 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 8 Nov 20056 ST CLEMENTS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LT
Received 8 Nov 200564 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 8 Nov 2005REAR 2 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 8 Nov 2005107 EASTPINES DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RY
Received 8 Nov 20051 CATTERALL CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RB
Received 8 Nov 200592A DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BU
Received 8 Nov 2005FYLDE COAST HOSPITAL, ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BG
Received 9 Nov 200556-60 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3LA
Received 9 Nov 200512 BAMBURGH CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5FA
Received 9 Nov 2005NORBRECK CASTLE FILLING STATION, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 9 Nov 200537 THORNBER GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PS
Received 9 Nov 2005RAL-MAR NURSERIES, SANDY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EQ
Received 10 Nov 200569 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RE
Received 11 Nov 200586 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DZ
Received 11 Nov 2005GRASMERE PRESS LTD, 101 MOOR PARK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LZ
Received 14 Nov 200552 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JE
Received 14 Nov 200537 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 14 Nov 2005110 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RR
Received 14 Nov 200537 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 14 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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