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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.
15,536 approved · 2,388 refused · 967 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 HODGSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LZ
Received 30 Mar 200642 MATHER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8RH
Received 31 Mar 200648 HEMINGWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3BS
Received 31 Mar 200617 GYNN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LD
Received 31 Mar 200651 NORCLIFFE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AL
Received 31 Mar 2006BACK 4 HANDLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 3 Apr 200627 ABERCORN PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RX
Received 3 Apr 20068 BENTINCK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SB
Received 3 Apr 2006LAYTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 200 KINGSCOTE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EN
Received 3 Apr 2006LAND AT MOSS HEY GARAGE, CHAPEL ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 3 Apr 20063 OLDBURY PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3DR
Received 3 Apr 200626 HASTINGS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0EU
Received 3 Apr 200664 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 4 Apr 20064-6 STANLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QL
Received 4 Apr 2006217 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NG
Received 4 Apr 2006217 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NG
Received 4 Apr 200648 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BJ
Received 4 Apr 200612 DAVENTRY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LB
Received 5 Apr 200624 CARNFORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BH
Received 4 Apr 200628 BARTON AVENUE & 11 NELSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 5 Apr 200638A BANKS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AS
Received 5 Apr 200621 ST VINCENT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RT
Received 12 May 20067 GALWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LL
Received 5 Apr 200668-70 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LR
Received 5 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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