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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.
16,214 approved · 2,516 refused · 997 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BD
Received 1 Jun 200711 SELBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LY
Received 1 Jun 200716 CHILTERN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BN
Received 4 Jun 200734 EASTBANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BS
Received 4 Jun 2007GLASDON UK LTD, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UL
Received 4 Jun 20071 DUNELT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LR
Received 4 Jun 2007101 HARROWSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QN
Received 5 Jun 2007177-181 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EU
Received 5 Jun 2007140 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 7 Jun 2007RAIKES HALL HOTEL, 16-18 LIVERPOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HE
Received 5 Jun 2007229 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TY
Received 7 Jun 200776 BRYNING AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LZ
Received 7 Jun 2007367 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PH
Received 7 Jun 200721 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HP
Received 8 Jun 20077 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LP
Received 8 Jun 200724-30 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BQ
Received 9 Jun 2007152 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EE
Received 9 Jun 200721 ANCHORSHOLME LANE WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1LX
Received 7 Jun 2007GLASDON UK LTD, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UL
Received 12 Jun 200756 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DF
Received 11 Jun 20071 LOSTOCK GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3PP
Received 8 Jun 200731 STONY HILL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PR
Received 8 Jun 200750-52 BURLINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JR
Received 7 Jun 2007214 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AD
Received 12 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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