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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.
15,391 approved · 2,359 refused · 963 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
98-100 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BU
Received 8 Dec 200524 MEADOW CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QX
Received 8 Dec 20054 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JU
Received 8 Dec 200560 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NW
Received 8 Dec 200540 QUERNMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SU
Received 9 Dec 200529 CHEDDAR AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LQ
Received 9 Dec 2005205 LYTHAM ROAD ( Former Library), BLACKPOOL, FY1 6ET
Received 12 Dec 2005DUTTON FORSHAW MOTOR CO LTD, 251 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XL
Received 9 Dec 200531 CHISLEHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AP
Received 12 Dec 2005LAND AT KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 12 Dec 20051 ALDER GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DE
Received 12 Dec 2005ST ANNE'S CLERGY HOUSE, 85 SALMESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PR
Received 12 Dec 2005STANLEY HOUSE, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QF
Received 12 Dec 2005DE VERE HOTEL, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LL
Received 12 Dec 2005442 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EE
Received 12 Dec 2005LAND OFF AMY JOHNSON WAY
Received 13 Dec 2005ALDI FOODSTORE LTD, PARKINSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2FA
Received 13 Dec 20056-12 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SB
Received 14 Dec 2005621 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AR
Received 14 Dec 20053 INGLETON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DX
Received 13 Dec 200523 ROXBURGH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NU
Received 14 Dec 200525 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LL
Received 14 Dec 2005105 POULTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JJ
Received 14 Dec 2005SOLARIUM, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RN
Received 15 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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