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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.
16,117 approved · 2,499 refused · 989 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LARKFIELD, ST NICHOLAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JB
Received 13 Apr 200764 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QG
Received 13 Apr 2007PROMENADE, (NEW BONNY STREET TO WEST STREET), BLACKPOOL
Received 16 Apr 200762 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EJ
Received 16 Apr 20078 KILDARE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LR
Received 17 Apr 200716 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HX
Received 16 Apr 200746 Bond Street / 19 Rawcliffe Street
Received 18 Apr 20071 SALOP AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9NB
Received 19 Apr 2007251 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BL
Received 17 Apr 20072 SHORE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PF
Received 18 Apr 20072A HADDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AH
Received 18 Apr 200750A CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QA
Received 18 Apr 2007109 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NE
Received 19 Apr 200737 ROSSINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DN
Received 20 Apr 20077 DERWENT PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HA
Received 20 Apr 20073 NATEBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QY
Received 20 Apr 200760-63 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QU
Received 18 Apr 2007120-120A CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DY
Received 20 Apr 200739 ALDERLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QF
Received 24 Apr 200719 LORD STREET / 42 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BD
Received 24 Apr 200732 WYRE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PW
Received 24 Apr 20078 CUMBRIAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8RQ
Received 23 Apr 200730 DUNES AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PY
Received 24 Apr 200763-65 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RF
Received 24 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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