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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.
15,565 approved · 2,390 refused · 968 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
112A ELIZABETH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3LZ
Received 24 Apr 2006HONDA GARAGE SITE, 102-106, 108 AND 160-170 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 24 Apr 200629 HESKETH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JX
Received 24 Apr 2006MARKS & SPENCER, 49 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT
Received 24 Apr 200627 ANNESLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JD
Received 25 Apr 200663-73 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AR
Received 25 Apr 2006THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, 2-6 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HG
Received 25 Apr 2006COLLYHURST AVENUE ADJ TO 47 LINDALE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL
Received 25 Apr 2006FAIRFIELD, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EN
Received 25 Apr 2006REAR OF 6-8 LONDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8DL
Received 25 Apr 2006404 GARSTANG ROAD WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JH
Received 26 Apr 200615-17 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 27 Apr 200675 ROSEBERY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LA
Received 27 Apr 200677 ONSLOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EP
Received 28 Apr 200685 ONSLOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EP
Received 28 Apr 200631 CRESTWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PA
Received 28 Apr 200656 LEITH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NW
Received 2 May 2006132 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HH
Received 2 May 200620 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LY
Received 2 May 20063 THE CLOISTERS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LW
Received 5 May 2006LAND AT MANCHESTER SQUARE PUMPING STATION, BLACKPOOL
Received 4 May 200611 ST JOSEPHS CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LU
Received 5 May 2006FLAT 348B, 348-350 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 5 May 2006CLIFTON HOTEL, TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ND
Received 5 May 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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