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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.
15,517 approved · 2,384 refused · 966 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
389 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JN
Received 16 Mar 2006121 ANSDELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PT
Received 16 Mar 2006200 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PA
Received 17 Mar 200614 PRIORY GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QE
Received 16 Mar 2006279 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DP
Received 16 Mar 200639 PLOVERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FD
Received 17 Mar 200624 CROMWELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QQ
Received 17 Mar 2006THE SANDCASTLE, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BB
Received 17 Mar 200648 HILLCREST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QT
Received 17 Mar 2006290 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PZ
Received 20 Mar 200611 SENIOR AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LE
Received 20 Mar 2006LEVENS HOUSE, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QA
Received 21 Mar 20061 KINGSCOTE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8HB
Received 20 Mar 20061B SEDGEFIELD CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EY
Received 20 Mar 200656 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EJ
Received 21 Mar 2006REAR 65 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DF
Received 21 Mar 2006404 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RD
Received 21 Mar 200633 CROMPTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LQ
Received 21 Mar 2006109 LINDALE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3PL
Received 21 Mar 2006648 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AW
Received 21 Mar 2006461 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BW
Received 22 Mar 200681-83 BACK READS ROAD, HORNBY CONFECTIONERS LTD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QW
Received 22 Mar 200619 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 22 Mar 2006JONLYN, WORTHINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EH
Received 22 Mar 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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