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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.
16,388 approved · 2,547 refused · 1,002 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
221 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0UL
Received 12 Sept 2007442 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EE
Received 12 Sept 200752 SHERBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PN
Received 10 Sept 200737 WOODRIDGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PP
Received 12 Sept 200714 ROSEBANK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PH
Received 12 Sept 20074 KINCARDINE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NN
Received 12 Sept 200721 OREGON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JU
Received 13 Sept 2007CENTRAL POLICE STATION, BONNY STREET & WEST STREET CAR PARK, WEST STREET, BLACKPOOL.
Received 13 Sept 20071 ROXBURGH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NU
Received 14 Sept 2007113 ST HELIERS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JD
Received 12 Sept 200710 EMPRESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SE
Received 12 Sept 2007PLOT 106, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 14 Sept 2007RUMOURS, 9-11 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LB
Received 14 Sept 20072 KINGSLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9UP
Received 14 Sept 2007305-321 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JS
Received 14 Sept 2007SITE OF 50 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SX
Received 17 Sept 2007BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 17 Sept 2007BASEMENT UNDER CLIFTON HOTEL TALBOT SQUARE AND 13-15 MARKET ST, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ND
Received 17 Sept 2007CHARNWOOD HOUSE, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 18 Sept 200716 LEOPOLD GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JR
Received 17 Sept 20074 JOHN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DG
Received 18 Sept 20076 MIDGELAND TERRACE, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EW
Received 17 Sept 20077 MIDGELAND TERRACE, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EW
Received 17 Sept 20075 COUNTESS CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LQ
Received 18 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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