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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.
15,432 approved · 2,373 refused · 965 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 CARSHALTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NR
Received 18 Jan 200615 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JR
Received 19 Jan 200689 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EX
Received 19 Jan 200640 EASTPINES DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RX
Received 20 Jan 2006VINCENT HOUSE, 61 FURNESS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7QL
Received 20 Jan 2006PLOT 105, LAND AT AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 23 Jan 2006145 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HG
Received 23 Jan 200637 CHARLES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EY
Received 23 Jan 2006270-274 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JB
Received 23 Jan 200617 MILBOURNE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3ER
Received 23 Jan 20066 SKELWITH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9UL
Received 24 Jan 2006NTK, 23-27 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 24 Jan 200684 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DJ
Received 25 Jan 2006282-286 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EY
Received 25 Jan 200625 SHERINGHAM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AD
Received 26 Jan 200617 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 27 Jan 200619 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 27 Jan 200629 ST CHADS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BP
Received 27 Jan 200629 ST CHADS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BP
Received 27 Jan 2006196 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RE
Received 27 Jan 2006114 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3PE
Received 27 Jan 200649 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LJ
Received 27 Jan 200635 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 27 Jan 2006558 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PH
Received 30 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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