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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.
16,318 approved · 2,531 refused · 1,001 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND ADJACENT TO SEASIDERS WAY/SEYMOUR ROAD/BLOOMFIELD ROAD
Received 30 Jul 200760 SOUTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PY
Received 31 Jul 200790 HARRINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QD
Received 14 Aug 2007109 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ET
Received 31 Jul 200743 BRIERCLIFFE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LY
Received 31 Jul 200736 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BY
Received 31 Jul 200715 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PR
Received 2 Aug 2007BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 1 Aug 2007RUSTCOTE, SIXTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2ER
Received 3 Aug 200794-98 PROMENADE & 2-8 WEST STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 4 Aug 200721 SANDHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AU
Received 6 Aug 2007BAINES ENDOWED C OF E SCHOOL, PENROSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4DJ
Received 3 Aug 2007STANLEY JUNIOR SCHOOL, WORDSWORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9UT
Received 6 Aug 2007PRESTIGE HOUSE, CORNFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QQ
Received 6 Aug 20072-4 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1PD
Received 6 Aug 20078 CLYDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HT
Received 2 Aug 2007THE WINDMILL PH, POULTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DR
Received 6 Aug 200712 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PA
Received 6 Aug 2007164 ABBEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PZ
Received 6 Aug 2007THE COUNTING HOUSE, 10 TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NG
Received 6 Aug 2007ST STEPHENS VICARAGE, ST STEPHENS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RB
Received 6 Aug 2007112 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PF
Received 10 Aug 2007102 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ES
Received 6 Aug 2007HAMPTON ROAD SOCIAL CLUB, HAMPTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JB
Received 7 Aug 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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