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.
15,833 approved · 2,442 refused · 982 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17-21 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AB
Received 27 Sept 200617 MADISON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HE
Received 27 Sept 200638-42 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AY
Received 28 Sept 2006BEACH MARKET, 11 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BE
Received 27 Sept 2006BEACH MARKET, 11 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BE
Received 2 Oct 2006248 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LS
Received 28 Sept 200660 ST ALBANS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EQ
Received 28 Sept 200663-65 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RF
Received 29 Sept 20068 ELMSLIE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9FY
Received 29 Sept 2006224-234 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RZ
Received 29 Sept 2006542 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RE
Received 2 Oct 200684 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NN
Received 3 Oct 200673-75 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 3 Oct 2006199 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AE
Received 3 Oct 2006294 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EY
Received 4 Oct 2006DUTTON FORSHAW MOTOR CO LTD, 251 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XL
Received 4 Oct 200624 DELAWARE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JX
Received 5 Oct 200653 ALBANY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QB
Received 4 Oct 200625 ELMSLIE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9FY
Received 5 Oct 200635 BEECHWOOD GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DZ
Received 6 Oct 20063 COLLINS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NS
Received 6 Oct 2006118-120 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JW
Received 9 Oct 200687 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RU
Received 9 Oct 2006197 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HQ
Received 9 Oct 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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