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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.
15,595 approved · 2,394 refused · 970 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SWISS COTTAGE, KITTY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EG
Received 31 May 200695 HARROWSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QN
Received 31 May 2006THE FORMER LIDO POOL, LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EW
Received 31 May 200642 CARSHALTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NR
Received 31 May 200622 GRIZEDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4TL
Received 31 May 200640 ANGERS HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4DG
Received 1 Jun 200626 BROADWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HE
Received 1 Jun 2006148 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HH
Received 1 Jun 200668-70 Waterloo Road, Blackpool
Received 1 Jun 2006MARTON MERE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, MYTHOP ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EA
Received 1 Jun 200669 WETHERBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QA
Received 2 Jun 200623 DENEWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JQ
Received 2 Jun 2006142A PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QP
Received 1 Jun 2006MOSS HEY GARAGE, CHAPEL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HU
Received 2 Jun 200615 KENWYN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HR
Received 5 Jun 200646 BLEASDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QZ
Received 5 Jun 200617 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HD
Received 6 Jun 200617-21 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AB
Received 6 Jun 20066 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DH
Received 6 Jun 20066 CHARLES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HD
Received 6 Jun 2006TYLDESLEY CONSERVATIVE CLUB, PALMER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JP
Received 6 Jun 200623 SANDICROFT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RY
Received 6 Jun 200648 SEABROOK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3SB
Received 6 Jun 200674 NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AH
Received 6 Jun 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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