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.
15,824 approved · 2,440 refused · 981 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
141 BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0FP
Received 19 Sept 20065 GALWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LL
Received 19 Sept 200626 BARTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AP
Received 20 Sept 2006715 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SY
Received 20 Sept 2006129 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ET
Received 20 Sept 200617-19 PLEASANT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HU
Received 20 Sept 200642-44 BANKS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BE
Received 21 Sept 200613 RALEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SG
Received 21 Sept 2006ASDA STORES LTD, 160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 21 Sept 200616 MAYFAIR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QZ
Received 22 Sept 200697 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 22 Sept 200612 HESKETH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JX
Received 22 Sept 2006E H BOOTH & CO LTD, HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AP
Received 22 Sept 2006THE HOP INN, 2 KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EJ
Received 22 Sept 2006MARKS & SPENCER , 49 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT
Received 22 Sept 2006NORBRECK PRIMARY SCHOOL, NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PD
Received 25 Sept 20065 THYME CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WD
Received 25 Sept 200667 GUILDFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AB
Received 26 Sept 20064 MALTBY PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BZ
Received 25 Sept 2006FOCUS, 1 PARKINSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AZ
Received 27 Sept 200648 LOCKERBIE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EW
Received 25 Sept 200683 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 25 Sept 200616 HEBDEN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6NE
Received 26 Sept 200653 KENDAL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LG
Received 26 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage