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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.
15,573 approved · 2,390 refused · 969 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 BOSTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9BZ
Received 5 May 2006522 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JS
Received 8 May 200639 HOLLY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2SF
Received 8 May 20068 CUMBRIAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8RQ
Received 9 May 2006109 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NE
Received 8 May 200622 LEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SG
Received 8 May 200675-83 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 9 May 200625 TEESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TH
Received 9 May 2006144 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DS
Received 10 May 2006KINCRAIG PRIMARY & JUNIOR SCHOOL, KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HN
Received 12 May 200664 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QG
Received 10 May 2006NATWEST, 20 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 11 May 2006RED LION HOTEL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AR
Received 15 May 2006NATWEST, 20 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 11 May 2006177-181 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EU
Received 11 May 2006MATALAN RETAIL LTD, UNIT 2, CLIFTON RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 11 May 200616 MAYFAIR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QZ
Received 11 May 200671 FREDORA AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NL
Received 11 May 2006LAND OFF AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 11 May 20065 ECCLESGATE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DW
Received 15 May 200623 ROXBURGH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NU
Received 15 May 2006LAND OFF AMY JOHNSON WAY BLACKPOOL FY4 3RS
Received 15 May 200622 SUNFIELD CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DD
Received 15 May 2006159 ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EY
Received 15 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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