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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.
15,410 approved · 2,367 refused · 963 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 CORIANDER CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WE
Received 22 Dec 2005396 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LB
Received 23 Dec 2005Land at Marshdale Road/Bennetts Lane adjacent to Strawberry Villa
Received 28 Dec 2005CASTLE CASINO, 64 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QG
Received 28 Dec 200529 PINEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0EF
Received 28 Dec 200538-42 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AY
Received 28 Dec 2005MR T'S AMUSEMENTS, 25-43 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 29 Dec 2005ST BERNADETTES RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AJ
Received 29 Dec 200520 BRIDGEWATER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NA
Received 30 Dec 200573 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HZ
Received 4 Jan 2006HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 29 Dec 200553 KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EJ
Received 4 Jan 200652 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RP
Received 5 Jan 200630 LIMERICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LH
Received 6 Jan 2006371 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JN
Received 5 Jan 200697 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PW
Received 6 Jan 200657 SOUTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PX
Received 10 Jan 200620 CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QA
Received 9 Jan 200628 CROMPTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LQ
Received 6 Jan 200614 LOW MOOR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PG
Received 10 Jan 2006CLEVELEYS HEALTH CENTRE, KELSO AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3LF
Received 9 Jan 2006LAND ADJACENT TO 78, NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL
Received 10 Jan 2006HARRISONS FARM, MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EE
Received 10 Jan 200687 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NH
Received 13 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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