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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.
15,579 approved · 2,391 refused · 970 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 BALHAM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QP
Received 16 May 200668 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PG
Received 16 May 20062A SAWLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2ND
Received 16 May 200621 SOUTH KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LS
Received 16 May 200662 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DD
Received 16 May 2006297 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RF
Received 17 May 200637 CARNFORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BH
Received 17 May 2006FYLDE COAST HOSPITAL, ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BG
Received 17 May 2006BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 17 May 2006415-417 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BQ
Received 17 May 200614 DAGGERS HALL LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AY
Received 17 May 2006415-417 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BQ
Received 17 May 2006MCDONALDS RESTAURANTS LTD, CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 17 May 200612 LANGDON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PX
Received 17 May 2006294 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PZ
Received 17 May 200688A RIBBLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AB
Received 18 May 200624 ST BEDES AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AQ
Received 22 May 2006LAND BETWEEN BISPHAM ROAD AND DEVONSHIRE ROAD (INCLUDING EXISTING BISPHAM LIBRARY, CLINIC, PLAYGROUND, SCOUT HALL AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACE) BLACKPOOL
Received 22 May 2006SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL, LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HX
Received 22 May 2006ST ANNES ROAD ( LAND OPPOSITE NOS. 134-150 ), BLACKPOOL
Received 22 May 2006193-195 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SE
Received 22 May 2006PAVEMENT AT MANSFIELD ROAD ( ADJACENT TO BURTONS) , BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AE
Received 22 May 2006463 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LB
Received 22 May 20066 ELMSLIE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9FY
Received 22 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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