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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.
16,025 approved · 2,482 refused · 988 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
400 NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AR
Received 2 Mar 200765 ALEXANDRA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HW
Received 2 Mar 2007288 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RE
Received 2 Mar 2007E H BOOTH & CO LTD, HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AP
Received 2 Mar 20072 BLACKPOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HR
Received 5 Mar 200726 CHEDDAR AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LQ
Received 2 Mar 200744 FALKLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HJ
Received 5 Mar 200729 RAWCLIFFE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BY
Received 5 Mar 200714 MORSTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TB
Received 6 Mar 2007PALATINE BUILDINGS, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TQ
Received 6 Mar 2007PALATINE BUILDINGS, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TQ
Received 6 Mar 200710 BOSCOMBE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LW
Received 6 Mar 200786 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UW
Received 6 Mar 200735 DUCHESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9PH
Received 9 Mar 2007NTK, 23-25 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 7 Mar 20072 LANARK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DN
Received 7 Mar 20079 STAINFORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0ER
Received 7 Mar 200729-31 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HJ
Received 8 Mar 2007THE SYNDICATE NIGHTCLUB, 130-140 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PR
Received 7 Mar 200717 GENERAL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RW
Received 8 Mar 200716 GILDABROOK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LU
Received 8 Mar 2007LAND ADJ TO SURE START, VICTORY ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Mar 200728 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JA
Received 12 Mar 200735 AVONDALE CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AS
Received 12 Mar 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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