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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.
15,405 approved · 2,362 refused · 963 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RU
Received 20 Dec 2005174 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QG
Received 20 Dec 2005634 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QU
Received 20 Dec 200526 FALKLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HJ
Received 20 Dec 200582 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JF
Received 20 Dec 200543 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PA
Received 20 Dec 2005ARNOLD SCHOOL, 488 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JG
Received 20 Dec 2005RYSCAR WAY (OFF KINCRAIG ROAD), BLACKPOOL
Received 20 Dec 200580 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EJ
Received 22 Dec 200544 BARDSWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JP
Received 22 Dec 2005253 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AA
Received 22 Dec 2005CHOICE MEATS, 218-222 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 21 Dec 200518 POULTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LB
Received 22 Dec 20058 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EG
Received 21 Dec 200534 LAWSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RT
Received 22 Dec 200553 STADIUM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QA
Received 21 Dec 200547-49 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RG
Received 21 Dec 200543 KNOWLE AVENUE, NORTH SHORE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UD
Received 28 Dec 20057-9 CHARNLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PE
Received 22 Dec 2005585-589 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 Dec 2005130 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 23 Dec 2005276 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AF
Received 23 Dec 2005145 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BU
Received 23 Dec 200566-68 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 25 Jan 2006Records 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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