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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.
15,802 approved · 2,439 refused · 979 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AU
Received 29 Aug 200621 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AB
Received 29 Aug 200612-13 CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EA
Received 30 Aug 20068 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AS
Received 30 Aug 20067 ALSTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TD
Received 4 Sept 2006ARNOLD SCHOOL PLAYING FIELDS, ARNOLD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 31 Aug 200660 ALEXANDRA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HW
Received 31 Aug 200670-74 GUILDFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AB
Received 1 Sept 200626 BROADWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HE
Received 1 Sept 200668 GEORGE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HY
Received 1 Sept 200645 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HY
Received 1 Sept 200610 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RG
Received 5 Sept 200611 LAKEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3ET
Received 5 Sept 20061 EAST MEAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LN
Received 5 Sept 20065 LIGHTWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AU
Received 4 Sept 2006BACK 2/4 DERBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JF
Received 5 Sept 200635 DUCHESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9PH
Received 6 Sept 200642 BUCHANAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3LQ
Received 7 Sept 200624 KNOX GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LP
Received 7 Sept 200612-14 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AE
Received 7 Sept 2006STANLEY PARK, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 7 Sept 2006132 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HE
Received 11 Sept 200687A CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PD
Received 11 Sept 200614 ST JOSEPHS CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LU
Received 11 Sept 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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