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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.
15,929 approved · 2,467 refused · 988 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 BRIGHT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BS
Received 12 Dec 200619 JACKSON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BZ
Received 12 Dec 2006249-251 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JH
Received 15 Dec 200697 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EL
Received 15 Dec 200620 THE CLOISTERS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LW
Received 15 Dec 20064 HARROWSIDE WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NW
Received 18 Dec 200662 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SD
Received 13 Dec 2006PLOTS 11 & 12 CLAYTONGATE, BLACKPOOL
Received 13 Dec 2006137 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NG
Received 13 Dec 200661 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BJ
Received 14 Dec 20061-3 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RU
Received 14 Dec 2006460 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EE
Received 14 Dec 200619 LORD STREET & 42 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BD
Received 15 Dec 2006CASTLE CASINO, 64 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QG
Received 15 Dec 200614 LINCOLN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HB
Received 19 Dec 200621 ALEXANDRA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BU
Received 18 Dec 2006133 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LZ
Received 18 Dec 2006148 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HH
Received 19 Dec 2006514 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PQ
Received 15 Dec 2006FARMFOODS, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AR
Received 18 Dec 200622 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NX
Received 18 Dec 20069 SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 19 Dec 200617 COCKER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BY
Received 19 Dec 200662 HARRINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QE
Received 19 Dec 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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