Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
15,978 approved · 2,477 refused · 988 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
465-467 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AR
Received 2 Feb 200713 VANCE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QD
Received 5 Feb 2007213 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RE
Received 5 Feb 2007431-437 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BQ
Received 5 Feb 2007WALKABOUT, 1-9 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 6 Feb 200729 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1JY
Received 6 Feb 2007200 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SG
Received 7 Feb 20076 TUDOR PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PQ
Received 7 Feb 200769 MERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AU
Received 20 Feb 200718 DARLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3JW
Received 6 Feb 200727 ALBANY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QB
Received 8 Feb 2007SQUIRREL HOTEL, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LB
Received 8 Feb 200715 FALKIRK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DD
Received 8 Feb 2007THAMES ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, THAMES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1ED
Received 8 Feb 200717 MEADOW CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WW
Received 8 Feb 20071 HENSON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LZ
Received 9 Feb 20073 CUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QL
Received 12 Feb 2007370 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LA
Received 12 Feb 20071A & 2, LANGDALE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4TR
Received 12 Feb 2007LAND OFF PENDLE CLOSE/WESTFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 13 Feb 200710 ROSELYN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PD
Received 13 Feb 200764 EVEREST DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DW
Received 13 Feb 200719 ABBEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LB
Received 13 Feb 2007LAND TO REAR 108 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QG
Received 13 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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