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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.
15,920 approved · 2,466 refused · 988 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 SHIRLEY CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AA
Received 1 Dec 200686 BRIARWOOD DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DY
Received 1 Dec 200625 PIERSTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UT
Received 1 Dec 200612 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NW
Received 1 Dec 200653-55 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AD
Received 1 Dec 2006528 BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LW
Received 4 Dec 2006LAND AT 11 DOVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PN
Received 5 Dec 200645 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4NB
Received 6 Dec 200689 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BZ
Received 6 Dec 200622 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DH
Received 6 Dec 20062 PEARL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SY
Received 7 Dec 2006102 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ES
Received 6 Dec 200618 SOUTH PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NP
Received 7 Dec 200684 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 6 Dec 200650 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HR
Received 7 Dec 200634 LONGRIDGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QN
Received 8 Dec 2006669 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AE
Received 12 Dec 200613 RALEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SG
Received 11 Dec 200642-56 ASHBURTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PE
Received 12 Dec 2006193 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9PZ
Received 12 Dec 200682 STONY HILL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PP
Received 12 Dec 200671 INVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RQ
Received 12 Dec 2006LAND ADJ TO SURE START, VICTORY ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 12 Dec 200644 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EH
Received 14 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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