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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.
15,558 approved · 2,389 refused · 967 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7-15 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HJ
Received 13 Apr 200651 SNOWSHILL CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JD
Received 13 Apr 20067-15 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HJ
Received 13 Apr 2006110-112 MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EX
Received 18 Apr 2006HIGHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3JZ
Received 18 Apr 2006PARK SCHOOL, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 18 Apr 200614 DUNELT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LS
Received 18 Apr 2006259 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JA
Received 19 Apr 20062 LOCKHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3DY
Received 18 Apr 20064 CARTERVILLE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BD
Received 18 Apr 200635 ELTERWATER PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9UH
Received 19 Apr 200639 LEITH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NN
Received 19 Apr 200679 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RR
Received 19 Apr 200618 HOUSEMAN PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AE
Received 19 Apr 200625 BANBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TX
Received 19 Apr 200682 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 19 Apr 200615 SUNNY BANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EQ
Received 19 Apr 2006276 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AF
Received 20 Apr 200647 ABERCORN PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RZ
Received 20 Apr 200628 KENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HB
Received 20 Apr 200612-13 CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EA
Received 20 Apr 200612 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JU
Received 21 Apr 200622 OLDFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9NE
Received 24 Apr 200639 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HQ
Received 21 Apr 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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