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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.
15,970 approved · 2,474 refused · 988 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SN
Received 26 Jan 200751 BLACKPOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HT
Received 26 Jan 2007GYNN PALACE AMUSEMENTS, 331 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JL
Received 26 Jan 2007ST CHADS MAYVILLE HOTEL, 317-327 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BN
Received 26 Jan 2007230 INVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LW
Received 26 Jan 200721 DURLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LX
Received 29 Jan 2007169 WARREN DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3TG
Received 29 Jan 20076-10 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HQ
Received 30 Jan 2007149 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BU
Received 30 Jan 2007108-110 TALBOT ROAD & 5 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LR
Received 30 Jan 20071 BURNSIDE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AF
Received 30 Jan 200724 LOWREY TERRACE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DR
Received 31 Jan 200756-58 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LR
Received 31 Jan 20073 COLLINS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NS
Received 31 Jan 2007149-151 ANSDELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PS
Received 1 Feb 2007210 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RE
Received 1 Feb 200722-26 RIBBLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AB
Received 1 Feb 2007MECCA BINGO, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HJ
Received 2 Feb 2007HAWES SIDE LIBRARY & CLINIC, HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DQ
Received 2 Feb 2007192 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0UD
Received 5 Feb 2007219 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TS
Received 5 Feb 200732 KING GEORGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SW
Received 2 Feb 200784/86 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JL
Received 5 Feb 2007107 PENROSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JT
Received 5 Feb 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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