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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.
16,210 approved · 2,512 refused · 996 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 CHEDDAR AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LQ
Received 29 May 2007STANLEY ROAD WORKING MENS CLUB, STANLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QL
Received 29 May 2007GRAND HOTEL, STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 29 May 200792 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BA
Received 25 May 2007118-120 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JW
Received 30 May 2007126 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NG
Received 30 May 2007RUSKIN HOTEL, 55-61 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PW
Received 30 May 200734 BALDWIN GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QF
Received 25 May 2007FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 146 GRANGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PG
Received 30 May 200726 HONISTER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PF
Received 31 May 2007RED ROSE LODGE, NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LW
Received 31 May 2007290 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PZ
Received 31 May 2007213 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RE
Received 1 Jun 200789 KESWICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PA
Received 1 Jun 20079 SHORE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PF
Received 1 Jun 20075 HESKETH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JX
Received 1 Jun 200767 LOCKERBIE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EW
Received 1 Jun 200715 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PA
Received 21 May 200768-70 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LR
Received 29 May 200719 CONDOR GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5NA
Received 31 May 200737 HENSON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LZ
Received 31 May 200769 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SB
Received 1 Jun 200771 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EJ
Received 31 May 200735 WYRE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PW
Received 1 Jun 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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