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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.
15,792 approved · 2,436 refused · 979 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
358 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QN
Received 17 Aug 2006165 ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EY
Received 18 Aug 2006461 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BW
Received 18 Aug 2006344 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 18 Aug 200638 NEVILLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BG
Received 18 Aug 20061 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4YH
Received 18 Aug 2006142 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NG
Received 18 Aug 2006LIDL UK , BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JW
Received 18 Aug 2006463 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LB
Received 21 Aug 200628 WESTBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QL
Received 21 Aug 200630 WESTBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QL
Received 21 Aug 200641 GELDOF DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AQ
Received 22 Aug 2006MERESIDE JUNIOR & INFANT SCHOOL, LANGDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RR
Received 22 Aug 2006PROMENADE SURROUNDING SOUTH PIER, BLACKPOOL
Received 23 Aug 200627 HOLGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BG
Received 23 Aug 200620 FALKIRK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DD
Received 23 Aug 2006GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL, WARREN DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3TG
Received 24 Aug 200668 KIRKSTONE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QH
Received 24 Aug 2006303-315 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AN
Received 24 Aug 2006MCDONALDS, 82-84 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PX
Received 25 Aug 2006LINDEN COTTAGE, LOW MOOR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PE
Received 25 Aug 200614 LINCOLN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HB
Received 25 Aug 2006CAREW, WHITEHOLME ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HX
Received 25 Aug 200642 BRYNING AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LZ
Received 29 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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