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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.
16,202 approved · 2,511 refused · 996 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 CHAPEL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AW
Received 22 May 20079 NELSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AS
Received 22 May 2007303-315 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AN
Received 22 May 200724 WITHNELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HF
Received 22 May 200797 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RS
Received 24 May 200736-42 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RW
Received 25 May 200725 ROSEACRE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PN
Received 24 May 200732 SHAW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HB
Received 23 May 200779 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 24 May 2007LAND OFF COOPERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RJ
Received 24 May 200796 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JW
Received 25 May 200738 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PL
Received 29 May 2007524 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JS
Received 24 May 2007NORTHFIELD HOTEL, 4 DERBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JF
Received 25 May 200730 WOODSTOCK GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JP
Received 25 May 200714 PLYMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JP
Received 24 May 2007292 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PZ
Received 23 May 2007THE SAVOY HOTEL, 2-4 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SQ
Received 25 May 20073A BALL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HL
Received 25 May 2007245 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL
Received 25 May 2007SUNNYSIDE, LAUNDRY ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5QD
Received 29 May 20076 WINDSOR AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HN
Received 29 May 200721 IVY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QF
Received 29 May 200712 HARTFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RP
Received 25 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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