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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.
16,111 approved · 2,498 refused · 989 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 ANSDELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LZ
Received 3 Apr 2007THE HOP INN, 2 KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EJ
Received 3 Apr 200732 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 3 Apr 2007PREMIER TRAVEL INN, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AR
Received 4 Apr 2007132 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HH
Received 4 Apr 200745 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HX
Received 4 Apr 2007GROSVENOR CASINO, THE SANDCASTLE, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BB
Received 5 Apr 20079 Burford Close, Blackpool, FY3 7SX
Received 5 Apr 2007509 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1TE
Received 10 Apr 2007223 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TF
Received 5 Apr 2007136 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AF
Received 10 Apr 200768 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DD
Received 10 Apr 200789 STADIUM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QA
Received 10 Apr 20073 CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BP
Received 10 Apr 2007120 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HG
Received 11 Apr 200712 KIRKSTALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QU
Received 11 Apr 2007LAND AT BROMLEY CLOSE, (ADJACENT TO RATHMORE GARDENS), BLACKPOOL
Received 11 Apr 2007334 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LF
Received 12 Apr 200726 HONISTER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PF
Received 12 Apr 20079 HILL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DG
Received 13 Apr 200743 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JD
Received 13 Apr 200733 SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 13 Apr 200746 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BY
Received 13 Apr 200796 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NE
Received 16 Apr 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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