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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.
16,354 approved · 2,538 refused · 1,002 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 ROSSINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DN
Received 23 Aug 200780 LOMOND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NB
Received 23 Aug 200711 LEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SG
Received 23 Aug 2007DUKE OF YORK HOTEL, DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AW
Received 24 Aug 20077 LIGHTBOWN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JN
Received 24 Aug 2007HOUNDS HILL CENTRE, CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PA
Received 23 Aug 200753 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AT
Received 24 Aug 200725 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LR
Received 23 Aug 200747-49 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DG
Received 23 Aug 2007CONNEXIONS, 2-8 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 22 Aug 200716 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BT
Received 24 Aug 2007GREEN ACRES, 161 SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EL
Received 24 Aug 200773-75 BUCHANAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3BN
Received 24 Aug 2007UNCLE TOMS CABIN, 44-46 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RW
Received 24 Aug 2007UNIT A, BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL,
Received 24 Aug 200747-49 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LL
Received 24 Aug 200740 HUNTINGDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SR
Received 24 Aug 200725 KIDBROOKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QR
Received 24 Aug 200734 ST DAVIDS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NL
Received 25 Aug 20071 VENTNOR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LD
Received 24 Aug 200720-22 SOUTH KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JQ
Received 29 Aug 2007NTK, 23-27 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 29 Aug 200712 CUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QL
Received 29 Aug 200723-25 CHAPEL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AW
Received 29 Aug 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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