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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.
15,873 approved · 2,449 refused · 985 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
221 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PB
Received 1 Nov 20063 CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 3 Nov 2006MARTON MERE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, MYTHOP ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EA
Received 1 Nov 200622 GRIZEDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4TL
Received 1 Nov 200650 WETHERBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QA
Received 2 Nov 2006105 WARBRECK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RY
Received 2 Nov 20061-4 REGENT ROAD EAST, BLACKPOOL
Received 2 Nov 2006PUBLIC PHONEBOX, PROMENADE, ADJ FOXHALL PUBLIC HOUSE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DL
Received 6 Nov 2006LAND ADJACENT TO 232 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 3 Nov 200628 WINGATE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HE
Received 3 Nov 2006BURTONS FOODS LTD, VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NQ
Received 6 Nov 2006700 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AW
Received 6 Nov 200631 KENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HB
Received 6 Nov 2006FORMER NORBRECK CASTLE FILLING STATION, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 6 Nov 20061 BRODIE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NH
Received 6 Nov 20065 DALEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BT
Received 6 Nov 2006294 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PZ
Received 7 Nov 2006268 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PZ
Received 7 Nov 2006NEXT, UNIT 1, CLIFTON RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 7 Nov 20067 WOODFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AX
Received 7 Nov 20062 PRINCESS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BZ
Received 7 Nov 200660 WILLOWBANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3NB
Received 7 Nov 200635 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DG
Received 7 Nov 2006109 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ET
Received 7 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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