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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.
15,458 approved · 2,376 refused · 965 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TUSSAUDS WAXWORKS, 89 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 6 Feb 200612 PAVEY CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XS
Received 6 Feb 2006LAND BETWEEN THRELFALL ROAD AND WESTFIELD ROAD , BLACKPOOL
Received 7 Feb 2006109 LINDALE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3PL
Received 7 Feb 200622 PLYMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JP
Received 7 Feb 2006528 BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LW
Received 7 Feb 2006257-259 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PB
Received 8 Feb 2006138 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RR
Received 8 Feb 2006FLEETWOOD ROAD NEAR TO JUNCTION WITH MOSSOM LANE, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 9 Feb 2006ASHWORTH COURT, STIRLING ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8RT
Received 9 Feb 20062 MEANWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LX
Received 9 Feb 200694-98 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HB
Received 10 Feb 2006268 EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RS
Received 13 Feb 2006BLACKPOOL & FYLDE COLLEGE, ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HB
Received 13 Feb 20061 CARISBROOKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DA
Received 13 Feb 2006CO-OPERATIVE FUNERAL SERVICE, 58 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NR
Received 13 Feb 2006742 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AP
Received 14 Feb 200634 BARMOUTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SL
Received 13 Feb 200628 ONSLOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DF
Received 14 Feb 2006BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 14 Feb 2006BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 14 Feb 2006RAYS COTTAGE, BIBBYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NF
Received 14 Feb 2006A T S LTD, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QA
Received 14 Feb 200618 HILLCREST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QT
Received 15 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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