Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
16,219 approved · 2,518 refused · 997 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
RAIKES HALL HOTEL, 16-18 LIVERPOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HE
Received 12 Jun 200728 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AQ
Received 12 Jun 2007NTK, 23-25 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 13 Jun 200740 HUNTINGDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SR
Received 12 Jun 2007STANLEY CONSERVATIVE CLUB, 92-94 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AZ
Received 12 Jun 20071-4 REGENT ROAD EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LZ
Received 12 Jun 200761 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DG
Received 13 Jun 200763 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DG
Received 13 Jun 20071 NEWLANDS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PG
Received 13 Jun 2007512 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PQ
Received 12 Jun 2007288 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RE
Received 14 Jun 20076 CARLTON GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LA
Received 13 Jun 200752 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HT
Received 14 Jun 200711 CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 15 Jun 2007CLAREMONT HOTEL, 264-272 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1SA
Received 15 Jun 2007ST NICHOLAS C OF E SCHOOL, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 18 Jun 2007CLIFFS HOTEL, 22 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RN
Received 15 Jun 2007GABLES BALMORAL HOTEL, 10-16 BALMORAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HR
Received 15 Jun 2007CLUB SANUK 168-170 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RE
Received 14 Jun 2007149 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QX
Received 19 Jun 200725 ALDERLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QF
Received 15 Jun 20071 SEDGEFIELD CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EY
Received 18 Jun 200726 KING EDWARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TA
Received 19 Jun 20074 COUNTESS CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LQ
Received 19 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage