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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.
16,070 approved · 2,491 refused · 988 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19-21 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AX
Received 20 Mar 2007CORTON BEACH FILLING STATION, 333 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HZ
Received 26 Mar 2007159 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ET
Received 21 Mar 2007393 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ED
Received 21 Mar 200771 STADIUM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QA
Received 21 Mar 2007FYLDE COAST HOSPITAL, ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BG
Received 21 Mar 2007HALFWAY HOUSE HOTEL, ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QL
Received 20 Mar 200750 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HT
Received 21 Mar 2007103-105 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 21 Mar 20076 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3DN
Received 21 Mar 20074 CLIFTON CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NQ
Received 21 Mar 2007UNIT 2, 491 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AZ
Received 21 Mar 2007577 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NG
Received 21 Mar 200720 CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QA
Received 22 Mar 20072 EASTBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LG
Received 22 Mar 2007Land on Back Clarendon Road (Rear 1- 5 Clarendon Road), Blackpool
Received 23 Mar 200770 WALPOLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SE
Received 23 Mar 2007153 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PF
Received 26 Mar 2007RUSHY MEADE, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EL
Received 26 Mar 200726 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HJ
Received 26 Mar 20072 CHERRY TREE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PX
Received 26 Mar 2007PRICEBUSTERS, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QZ
Received 26 Mar 2007LAND ADJACENT TO SEASIDERS WAY/SEYMOUR ROAD/BLOOMFIELD ROAD
Received 23 Mar 2007118-120 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JW
Received 26 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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