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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.
16,158 approved · 2,503 refused · 994 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 RALEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SQ
Received 4 May 2007YORKSHIRE BANK PLC, 110 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DZ
Received 4 May 2007131 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NG
Received 8 May 200715 DUNCAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DB
Received 8 May 200717 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SL
Received 8 May 200725 MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3DF
Received 9 May 200757 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DS
Received 9 May 20075 BURLINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JS
Received 9 May 2007140 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 9 May 200790 HARRINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QD
Received 10 May 20078 RALEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SG
Received 10 May 200715 ELAINE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LD
Received 9 May 2007LAND REAR 161 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 8 May 2007SITE OF 50 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SX
Received 8 May 2007668 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RG
Received 9 May 200714 MORSTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TB
Received 10 May 2007120-126 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PH
Received 10 May 2007130-138 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PG
Received 10 May 2007DOCTORS SURGERY, 73-75 BUCHANAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3BN
Received 14 May 20073 CHARLES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EG
Received 14 May 200733 SPRINGFIELD ROAD & 1ST FLOOR, FORMER SPRINGFIELD METHODIST CHURCH, ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 15 May 2007WHITEHOLME YOUTH CLUB, ALL SAINTS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AL
Received 17 May 200734 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 9 May 200714 INGLETON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DX
Received 14 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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