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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.
16,297 approved · 2,530 refused · 1,001 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 FINCHLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LP
Received 16 Jul 200749 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1PZ
Received 16 Jul 200734 ST HELIERS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JF
Received 16 Jul 200726 ULLSWATER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BZ
Received 16 Jul 200760A STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HR
Received 16 Jul 200711 LIMECHASE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LR
Received 16 Jul 20072 ECCLESGATE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DW
Received 16 Jul 20071 ECCLESGATE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DW
Received 16 Jul 200713 LAYTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8EA
Received 16 Jul 2007THE BLACKPOOL SIXTH FORM COLLEGE, BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LR
Received 17 Jul 200719-21 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AX
Received 18 Jul 2007BLACKPOOL ZOO PARK, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PP
Received 18 Jul 2007MARSHDAE, WHITEHOLME ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HX
Received 19 Jul 2007BLACKPOOL NORTH SHORE GOLF CLUB, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RD
Received 18 Jul 20077 TURNSTONE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FH
Received 19 Jul 200728A WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AL
Received 19 Jul 2007157 WARREN DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3TG
Received 19 Jul 2007140 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JW
Received 18 Jul 200735 ALCONBURY CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1DR
Received 18 Jul 2007249-251 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JH
Received 19 Jul 200757 CROFTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BB
Received 19 Jul 200711 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SB
Received 20 Jul 2007298 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TW
Received 20 Jul 2007298 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TW
Received 23 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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