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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.
16,183 approved · 2,506 refused · 994 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 GLENFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DB
Received 14 May 2007STABLES AT MOSS HOUSE ROAD & CORNER OF LAUNDRY ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 15 May 2007338 NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RB
Received 15 May 2007204-206 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 15 May 2007143 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EE
Received 15 May 2007BRIDGE HOUSE ROAD, LAND REAR OF SPEN PLACE, MOSS BANK AVENUE, PAVEY CLOSE AND MEANWOOD AVENUE, B LACKPOOL
Received 15 May 20077 CARSHALTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NR
Received 15 May 2007POPLAR COTTAGE, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ER
Received 17 May 20077 HILLCREST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QT
Received 16 May 200710 JOHNSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4DD
Received 16 May 2007642 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AW
Received 16 May 2007386 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AY
Received 16 May 200753 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AT
Received 21 May 2007GROUND FLOOR, THE LOWES BUILDING, COLLINGWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 18 May 2007GLASDON UK LTD, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UL
Received 18 May 2007BAINES ENDOWED C OF E SCHOOL, PENROSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4DJ
Received 18 May 2007167 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JG
Received 21 May 200726 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BE
Received 21 May 2007Promenade, opposite St. Chads Road, Blackpool
Received 22 May 200735 LONSDALE ROAD (CARADOC HOTEL), BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EE
Received 21 May 200720 HAROLD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HG
Received 21 May 200764 WINSFORD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PT
Received 21 May 200715 BRIERCLIFFE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LY
Received 21 May 200713 PRESTBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PT
Received 18 May 2007Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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