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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.
15,619 approved · 2,400 refused · 972 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 STONEWAY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AU
Received 23 Jun 200681 FARINGDON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QJ
Received 23 Jun 200653 ALBANY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QB
Received 23 Jun 200618 FOREST GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AW
Received 23 Jun 200658-60 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QJ
Received 23 Jun 2006TUDOR MANOR NURSING HOME, CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NP
Received 26 Jun 200695 MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EU
Received 26 Jun 2006186 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JE
Received 26 Jun 20064 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QX
Received 26 Jun 200623 Ashley Close, Blackpool
Received 26 Jun 200638-42 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AY
Received 27 Jun 200630 LIMERICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LH
Received 27 Jun 200612 HARTFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RP
Received 27 Jun 2006NEXT, UNIT 1, CLIFTON RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 27 Jun 20063 CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 29 Jun 200646 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1JP
Received 28 Jun 2006499 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BA
Received 28 Jun 2006429-437 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BQ
Received 28 Jun 200635 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EG
Received 29 Jun 2006290 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PH
Received 29 Jun 200621 ST PAULS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NY
Received 29 Jun 200653A NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NH
Received 29 Jun 20066 FREEMANTLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SX
Received 30 Jun 2006NORBRECK BOWLING & TENNIS CLUB, CLOVELLY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RZ
Received 30 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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