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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.
15,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 966 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 9 Mar 2006237 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DJ
Received 10 Mar 200642-44 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 13 Mar 20064 CARLYLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PF
Received 13 Mar 200612 GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HU
Received 13 Mar 200612 GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HU
Received 13 Mar 200669 COCKER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EB
Received 13 Mar 200657 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BJ
Received 14 Mar 200677 COCKER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EB
Received 13 Mar 200650 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LL
Received 13 Mar 20066 ST TERESA'S AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JT
Received 13 Mar 2006LAND ADJACENT TO 8 COTTESMORE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8SB
Received 14 Mar 200659 MEANWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LU
Received 14 Mar 2006DEVONSHIRE JUNIOR SCHOOL, CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AF
Received 14 Mar 200630 BEXLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TE
Received 14 Mar 20064 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QX
Received 15 Mar 20067 CORBRIDGE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EZ
Received 15 Mar 2006214 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AD
Received 15 Mar 2006PROMENADE SHELTERS OPPOSITE ALEXANDRA ROAD, WELLINGTON ROAD AND TRAFALGAR ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 16 Mar 200629 CORNWALL PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NR
Received 16 Mar 200617 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 15 Mar 2006LIDL UK GMBH, 4 ANCHORSHOLME LANE WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1LY
Received 16 Mar 20064 LUTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EB
Received 16 Mar 200646 MARSDEN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3BZ
Received 16 Mar 2006Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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