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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.
15,934 approved · 2,467 refused · 988 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 VICTORY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3JT
Received 19 Dec 2006371 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BH
Received 19 Dec 200651 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RR
Received 22 Dec 2006142-144 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RE
Received 20 Dec 20068 SELBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LY
Received 20 Dec 20064 SILVERDALE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DE
Received 21 Dec 200662-64 ADELAIDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LA
Received 22 Dec 2006117 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PW
Received 22 Dec 200635 LEITH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NN
Received 22 Dec 200682 KIPLING DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9UB
Received 22 Dec 200611 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SN
Received 27 Dec 200637 CHARLES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EY
Received 28 Dec 200632 HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BN
Received 2 Jan 2007VICTORIA MANSIONS, 187-191 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL
Received 27 Dec 200621 SHERBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PW
Received 28 Dec 2006RYSCAR WAY (OFF KINCRAIG ROAD), BLACKPOOL
Received 28 Dec 2006INDUSTRIAL UNITS, BACK EAVES STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 28 Dec 20065 TRAFALGAR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AW
Received 2 Jan 20076 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QX
Received 2 Jan 200717A ROSEBERY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LA
Received 3 Jan 20076 SOUTH PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NP
Received 3 Jan 200745 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DU
Received 4 Jan 2007KINCRAIG PRIMARY & JUNIOR SCHOOL, KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HN
Received 4 Jan 2007REAR OF 147 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HG
Received 4 Jan 2007Records 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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