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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.
15,696 approved · 2,412 refused · 975 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Mar 2000 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SHERWOOD HOUSE, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 25 Jul 200612 TAYMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NJ
Received 25 Jul 2006SKATE PARK, ADJACENT TO MOOR PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, MOOR PARK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 25 Jul 20066 LOWREY TERRACE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DR
Received 26 Jul 2006335 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LP
Received 26 Jul 20064 SAWLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2ND
Received 26 Jul 200611 ORME STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AL
Received 26 Jul 200632 CRESTWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PA
Received 26 Jul 200691-93 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LX
Received 26 Jul 200627 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JR
Received 26 Jul 200614 ST JOSEPHS CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LU
Received 27 Jul 2006423 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LE
Received 27 Jul 2006EAST VIEW, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ER
Received 28 Jul 200619 WINCHCOMBE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HJ
Received 28 Jul 200684 BURLINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JR
Received 28 Jul 200620 SHIRLEY CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AA
Received 31 Jul 2006216-218 WATERLOO ROAD & 84 DUNELT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 31 Jul 20068 HIGHAM GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LZ
Received 31 Jul 2006ABBEY ROAD CLINIC, ABBEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LA
Received 1 Aug 2006WHITEGATE RESOURCE CENTRE, 259 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL
Received 1 Aug 2006266 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JW
Received 2 Aug 20064 HILLARY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DS
Received 2 Aug 200674 NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AH
Received 3 Aug 20061 HAMPTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JB
Received 3 Aug 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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