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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.
16,257 approved · 2,522 refused · 1,001 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
76 HIGHCROFT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BW
Received 2 Jul 2007125 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LZ
Received 2 Jul 2007HOO HILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HOO HILL LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HJ
Received 6 Jul 2007BENEAST LTD, COLERIDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RW
Received 3 Jul 2007BLACKPOOL REFORM JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, 40 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL. FY1 4EX
Received 5 Jul 200796 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UW
Received 4 Jul 2007THE POPLARS, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 4 Jul 200718 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NX
Received 5 Jul 200718-20 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RU
Received 5 Jul 2007BARCLAYS BANK PLC, 4 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DU
Received 6 Jul 20078 KEMPTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HS
Received 6 Jul 20077 NELSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AS
Received 16 Jun 2007116 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BP
Received 28 Jun 200785-101 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BA
Received 6 Jul 200721 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HP
Received 6 Jul 2007IMPERIAL HOTEL, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HB
Received 6 Jul 2007PLOT 111, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL.
Received 6 Jul 200740 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HR
Received 6 Jul 2007CLIFFS HOTEL, 22 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RN
Received 6 Jul 200716 LINKS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RU
Received 11 Jul 200732 WYRE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PW
Received 6 Jul 200729 WASHINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QB
Received 6 Jul 2007W H SMITH LTD, 12-16 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RT
Received 6 Jul 2007BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 9 Jul 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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