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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.
15,754 approved · 2,432 refused · 978 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
165-171 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NX
Received 11 Aug 200614 ASKRIGG CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5RE
Received 14 Aug 200612 GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HU
Received 14 Aug 200616 SIDNEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NP
Received 11 Aug 20063 SHERBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PW
Received 11 Aug 200632 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU
Received 14 Aug 200627 MEADOW CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QX
Received 14 Aug 200647 WATERHEAD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QR
Received 14 Aug 2006248 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JW
Received 14 Aug 2006FAIRFIELD, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EN
Received 15 Aug 200627 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HJ
Received 15 Aug 2006HAMPTON ROAD SOCIAL CLUB, HAMPTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JB
Received 15 Aug 200632 HERON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FB
Received 15 Aug 200617 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HQ
Received 15 Aug 2006150 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ES
Received 15 Aug 2006ST PAULS MEDICAL CENTRE, DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HH
Received 16 Aug 200690 BEAUFORT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AG
Received 16 Aug 2006144 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JN
Received 16 Aug 2006144 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JN
Received 16 Aug 200628 DINCKLEY GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5NL
Received 17 Aug 200631 LEAMINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HD
Received 17 Aug 200610 WILLOWDENE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NB
Received 17 Aug 2006550 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EE
Received 17 Aug 200681 FARINGDON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QJ
Received 17 Aug 2006Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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