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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.
16,404 approved · 2,549 refused · 1,002 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WATERLOO ROAD / PARKINSON WAY, BLACKPOOL.
Received 19 Sept 2007LAND ADJACENT TO SEASIDERS WAY, SEYMOUR ROAD AND BLOOMFIELD ROAD BLACKPOOL
Received 19 Sept 200785-101 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BA
Received 19 Sept 2007ELMSDENE NURSING HOME, 37-41 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 19 Sept 20073A SHERINGHAM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AD
Received 20 Sept 2007230 INVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LW
Received 20 Sept 2007201 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0UL
Received 19 Sept 200711 CONISTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BY
Received 18 Sept 200763-65 ST LEONARDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RF
Received 20 Sept 200757 LOFTOS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HA
Received 20 Sept 2007CLIFTON HOTEL, TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ND
Received 20 Sept 20074 COUNTESS CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LQ
Received 20 Sept 2007ALICIA, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QA
Received 20 Sept 20078-10 FRECKLETON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AW
Received 20 Sept 200793 ASHBURTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PF
Received 21 Sept 2007338 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 21 Sept 2007235 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AH
Received 21 Sept 2007189 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6ET
Received 21 Sept 2007PROMENADE (YORKSHIRE STREET TO NEW BONNY STREET), BLACKPOOL
Received 24 Sept 20074 STANLEY PARK CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TR
Received 24 Sept 200779 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LN
Received 24 Sept 2007361 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QR
Received 24 Sept 200782-86 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PR
Received 24 Sept 200747 LAUDERDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JP
Received 24 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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