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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.
16,231 approved · 2,521 refused · 997 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 RYSON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4DN
Received 19 Jun 2007MOUNT PLEASANT HOTEL, 75 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BX
Received 19 Jun 200727 INGLETON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DX
Received 20 Jun 200715 Leyfield Close, Blackpool FY3 7RQ
Received 20 Jun 200712 HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BL
Received 19 Jun 2007217 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DJ
Received 20 Jun 200727 CARNFORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BH
Received 19 Jun 2007LAYTON INSTITUTE, WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HG
Received 15 Jun 200710 ST CLEMENTS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LT
Received 20 Jun 2007DUTTON FORSHAW MOTOR CO LTD, 251 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XL
Received 20 Jun 2007LAND AT BROOKFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 20 Jun 2007CABIN LIFT ADJACENT FORMER NORTH SHORE BOATING POOL, QUEENS PROMENADE
Received 20 Jun 20075 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AX
Received 20 Jun 20071 WESTON PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LN
Received 20 Jun 200722-26 RIBBLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AB
Received 20 Jun 2007TREMADOC HOTEL, 127-129 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EU
Received 20 Jun 2007TRAVEL INN, YEADON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BF
Received 21 Jun 200750 STOCKYDALE ROAD BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HR
Received 24 Jun 2007LAND OFF RYSCAR WAY, BISPHAM, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0GH,
Received 22 Jun 2007BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB LTD, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JJ
Received 22 Jun 200740 CHORLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7XQ
Received 25 Jun 2007102 Vicarage Lane, Blackpool, FY4 4EL
Received 27 Jun 200734 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HJ
Received 25 Jun 2007CROSBY GROVE (REAR OF 4 CANTERBURY AVENUE), BLACKPOOL, FY3 4PT
Received 28 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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