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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.
16,005 approved · 2,480 refused · 988 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WARREN MANOR, WARREN DRIVE, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, FY5 3TG
Received 26 Feb 200722 BARCLAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HH
Received 23 Feb 200766-70 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8EP
Received 22 Feb 200726 LEOPOLD GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LD
Received 23 Feb 2007PLOT 108, BLACKPOOL BUSINESS PARK, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 23 Feb 2007SYCAMORE NURSERIES, DIVISION LANE, FY4 5DZ
Received 23 Feb 2007TESCO EXPRESS, 43A-47 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3ND
Received 23 Feb 200736 CLEATOR AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TZ
Received 26 Feb 2007WOOLWORTHS PLC, 51-59 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LP
Received 26 Feb 200740-42 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DY
Received 26 Feb 200764 LINDSAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LD
Received 26 Feb 200724 RALEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SG
Received 26 Feb 2007114 LUTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RS
Received 27 Feb 2007193 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TN
Received 28 Feb 200730 DAUNTESEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PS
Received 27 Feb 2007157 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NG
Received 27 Feb 200741 MEADOW CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QX
Received 27 Feb 2007WILLOW TREE HOUSE, KITTY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EG
Received 28 Feb 2007137 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NG
Received 27 Feb 200784 MONTPELIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EH
Received 1 Mar 2007CHOICES VIDEO RETAIL UNIT, CORNELIAN WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NZ
Received 28 Feb 2007CHOICES VIDEO RETAIL UNIT, CORNELIAN WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NZ
Received 1 Mar 2007197 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HQ
Received 2 Mar 20072 ALWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NG
Received 2 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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