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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.
15,812 approved · 2,439 refused · 981 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
92 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RP
Received 8 Sept 200611 PRIMROSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LJ
Received 12 Sept 2006UNITS 1-5, WELLINGTON POINT, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RG
Received 12 Sept 20066 RIBBLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AB
Received 12 Sept 200662 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AS
Received 13 Sept 200662 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AS
Received 13 Sept 200617 ANNESLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JD
Received 13 Sept 2006KINCRAIG DAY CENTRE (FIRST FLOOR FLAT), KINCRAIG PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NB
Received 13 Sept 2006Land at South Promenade, west of tram tracks, adjacent to the Sandcastle
Received 13 Sept 2006615 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AR
Received 14 Sept 200616 BAILEY COURT, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8EU
Received 14 Sept 2006SOUTH SHORE CRICKET CLUB, COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 15 Sept 20066 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PA
Received 14 Sept 2006TALBOT AND BRUNSWICK HEALTH VILLAGE (NORTHERN END), GORTON STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 14 Sept 2006HONDA GARAGE SITE, 102-106, 108 & 160-170 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 14 Sept 200610 CLIFTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RF
Received 15 Sept 200613 KESWICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PB
Received 18 Sept 200627 EPSOM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HS
Received 18 Sept 200621 KING EDWARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TA
Received 18 Sept 2006140 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 18 Sept 200622-26 RIBBLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AB
Received 18 Sept 200678 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AD
Received 19 Sept 200678 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AD
Received 19 Sept 2006BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 19 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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