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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.
15,446 approved · 2,375 refused · 965 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 HILL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DF
Received 30 Jan 200631 BOSCOMBE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LW
Received 30 Jan 2006213 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BL
Received 31 Jan 200626 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HJ
Received 31 Jan 2006LAND BETWEEN 22 AND 26 ROBINS LANE, BLACKPOOL
Received 31 Jan 200634 BROADHURST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HR
Received 31 Jan 20063 ROSEBERY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LA
Received 31 Jan 200627 PRINCESS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EQ
Received 31 Jan 200651 KIRKSTONE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QQ
Received 2 Feb 20064 ADRIAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DA
Received 2 Feb 200611 EMPRESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SE
Received 2 Feb 200650 EASTPINES DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RX
Received 6 Feb 2006PROMENADE SHELTERS OPPOSITE ALEXANDRA ROAD, WELLINGTON ROAD AND TRAFALGAR ROAD
Received 3 Feb 2006PROMENADE, TRAFALGAR ROAD TO YORKSHIRE STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 3 Feb 2006PROMENADE BETWEEN SOUTH PIER AND MANCHESTER SQUARE.
Received 3 Feb 200629 HESKETH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JX
Received 3 Feb 2006GABLES BALMORAL HOTEL, 10-16 BALMORAL ROAD & 15 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HR
Received 3 Feb 200629 GALWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LQ
Received 6 Feb 2006193-195 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SE
Received 3 Feb 2006219 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TS
Received 6 Feb 20067 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DH
Received 6 Feb 200668 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 6 Feb 200672 GREENWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PR
Received 6 Feb 2006K & S NURSERIES, NEW HALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 6 Feb 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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