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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.
15,886 approved · 2,451 refused · 986 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 1999 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DG
Received 7 Nov 2006331 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AL
Received 8 Nov 2006JONLYN, WORTHINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EH
Received 8 Nov 20066 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DH
Received 9 Nov 200678 MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EU
Received 10 Nov 20065 CHARNLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PE
Received 10 Nov 2006198-200 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JS
Received 9 Nov 200650 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AN
Received 9 Nov 200635-37 HESKETH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JX
Received 9 Nov 200630 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EN
Received 9 Nov 200645 ORCHARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NX
Received 9 Nov 2006MERESIDE JUNIOR & INFANT SCHOOL, LANGDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RR
Received 11 Nov 200615 LOCKERBIE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EN
Received 13 Nov 200674-76 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EL
Received 11 Sept 200625-27 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EG
Received 10 Nov 200612-13 CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EA
Received 13 Nov 200624 ELIZABETH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3JD
Received 13 Nov 2006161 MARSDEN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3DT
Received 13 Nov 200680 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4NB
Received 13 Nov 2006BRIDGEHOUSE ROAD, LAND REAR OF SPEN PLACE, MOSS BANK PLACE, PAVEY CLOSE & MEANWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 14 Nov 2006271 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JA
Received 14 Nov 200627 AVONDALE CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AS
Received 14 Nov 2006149 LAYTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8HH
Received 14 Nov 200683 DONCASTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TA
Received 15 Nov 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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