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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.
15,467 approved · 2,379 refused · 965 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
81 INGLEWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JG
Received 15 Feb 2006LAND ADJACENT TO 43 INVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 16 Feb 2006LINDEN COTTAGE, LOW MOOR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PE
Received 16 Feb 200617 NELSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AS
Received 16 Feb 200651 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SX
Received 17 Feb 2006109 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 17 Feb 2006CASTLE CASINO, 64 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QG
Received 17 Feb 2006PROMENADE WEST OF TRAM TRACK OPPOSITE WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 17 Feb 200628a KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3DL
Received 17 Feb 200659 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JL
Received 17 Feb 2006ST CUTHBERTS AND PALATINE SCHOOLS, ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 17 Feb 200664 HERON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FB
Received 21 Feb 200619 NELSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AS
Received 17 Feb 20063 RYDAL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AR
Received 17 Feb 200616 BEECH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AY
Received 20 Feb 2006UNIT 3, COCKER TRADING ESTATE, COCKER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EP
Received 20 Feb 2006NORBRECK CASTLE HOTEL, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AA
Received 20 Feb 2006219 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QR
Received 20 Feb 200623 GLOUCESTER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EH
Received 20 Feb 200669 MERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AU
Received 20 Feb 2006211A PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TU
Received 21 Feb 200631 GEORGE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3BZ
Received 21 Feb 200614A ACTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EE
Received 22 Feb 200680 STADIUM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QB
Received 22 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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