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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.
15,478 approved · 2,380 refused · 965 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
215-217 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PB
Received 22 Feb 200664 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RT
Received 23 Feb 2006SOUTH SHORE CRICKET CLUB, COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 23 Feb 2006LAND OFF LOUISE STREET/MIDDLE STREET , BLACKPOOL
Received 23 Feb 2006LAND AT 11 CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 23 Feb 2006CHURCHILL COURT, LAYCOCK GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AS
Received 24 Feb 2006CHEQUERS HOTEL, 24 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RN
Received 24 Feb 20064 BRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DT
Received 24 Feb 200641 RIVINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DG
Received 24 Feb 200627 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QT
Received 27 Feb 2006216-218 WATERLOO ROAD & 84 DUNELT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 27 Feb 200638-40 CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 27 Mar 2006BEACON HILL HIGH SCHOOL, WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TS
Received 1 Mar 200622-28 EDWARD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BA
Received 28 Feb 200646 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1JP
Received 28 Feb 200619-21 SOUTH KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LS
Received 1 Mar 200627 REPTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RZ
Received 1 Mar 20062 HADDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AH
Received 1 Mar 2006311 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NH
Received 2 Mar 2006525 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1TE
Received 2 Mar 2006ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, 187 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DL
Received 2 Mar 2006176 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BL
Received 2 Mar 200642 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EX
Received 2 Mar 200627 CHATSWORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AN
Received 27 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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