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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.
16,144 approved · 2,502 refused · 994 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 RALEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SQ
Received 3 May 200733 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QH
Received 30 Apr 2007HOUNDS HILL CENTRE AND INCLUDING LAND BOUNDED BY TOWER STREET, CORONATION STREET, ALBERT ROAD AND WINIFRED STREET
Received 27 Apr 2007518 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JS
Received 4 May 2007136 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BD
Received 3 May 200762 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DD
Received 27 Apr 2007RED OAK REST HOME, 196 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EF
Received 30 Apr 20077 ALLEN CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NS
Received 2 May 2007SITE AT H FEENEY TOYOTA DEVONSHIRE ROAD GARAGE, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AR
Received 1 May 2007212 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 3 May 200714A ULLSWATER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BZ
Received 27 Apr 2007'FUNNY GIRLS', 5 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL FY1 2AX
Received 30 Apr 2007'FUNNY GIRLS' 5, DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL. FY1 2AX
Received 30 Apr 200784 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QN
Received 1 May 200717 LINKS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RU
Received 2 May 20075 & 5b CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 1 May 200726 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PG
Received 30 Apr 2007297 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TW
Received 2 May 2007277-281 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DP
Received 3 May 200727 BEXLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TE
Received 3 May 2007STRAWBERRY VILLA, BENNETTS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BE
Received 3 May 2007212 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LW
Received 3 May 20072 HILLARY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DS
Received 2 May 2007455 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QL
Received 7 May 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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