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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.
16,379 approved · 2,546 refused · 1,002 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
106 BURLINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JR
Received 29 Aug 2007140 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 30 Aug 2007TUSSAUDS WAXWORKS, 87-89 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 31 Aug 200735 GRETNA CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NX
Received 30 Aug 2007146 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AA
Received 3 Sept 200768 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DD
Received 3 Sept 200727 CHARLES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HD
Received 3 Sept 2007113 STONY HILL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PW
Received 3 Sept 20072A HADDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AH
Received 4 Sept 200747 HARROWSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QH
Received 31 Aug 200793 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RS
Received 4 Sept 200732 WYRE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PW
Received 4 Sept 2007138 STONY HILL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PW
Received 4 Sept 2007LAND TO REAR OF 24 RIVERSLEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2SB
Received 4 Sept 2007198 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EF
Received 5 Sept 2007345 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JR
Received 5 Sept 2007119-125 BUCHANAN STREET AND 230-234 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 5 Sept 2007300 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AD
Received 5 Sept 200712 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LY
Received 10 Sept 200712 ST JOSEPHS CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LU
Received 7 Sept 2007BUTCHERS FARM COTTAGE, WORTHINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EH
Received 8 Sept 2007Plot 112, Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool
Received 11 Sept 2007WAREHOUSE, PIER STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 10 Sept 2007223 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0UL
Received 12 Sept 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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