Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
15,650 approved · 2,402 refused · 972 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39-43 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TA
Received 10 Jul 200652 PIERSTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UX
Received 10 Jul 200639 FIR GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PL
Received 10 Jul 2006372 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 10 Jul 200660 WINSFORD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PT
Received 10 Jul 2006LARBRECK VILLA, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 10 Jul 200683 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EL
Received 11 Jul 200656 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HQ
Received 11 Jul 200683 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EL
Received 11 Jul 2006141 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AX
Received 11 Jul 20061A SINGLETON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BT
Received 11 Jul 2006299 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RF
Received 12 Jul 2006299 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RF
Received 12 Jul 2006WEST GATE, ROBINS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QP
Received 12 Jul 20069 ROXBURGH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NU
Received 12 Jul 2006108-110 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LR
Received 12 Jul 200647 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RR
Received 12 Jul 20066 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PY
Received 13 Jul 200637-39 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 13 Jul 2006THE BODY SHOP, 51-53 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RJ
Received 13 Jul 200647 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NH
Received 13 Jul 200691 CHORLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7XQ
Received 17 Jul 2006LAND OFF AMY JOHNSON WAY
Received 13 Jul 2006THE BODY SHOP, 51-53 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RJ
Received 13 Jul 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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