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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.
16,480 approved · 2,563 refused · 1,005 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8-10 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PY
Received 17 Oct 2007133 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EG
Received 17 Oct 2007110-112A MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EX
Received 18 Oct 20071 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HQ
Received 18 Oct 200740 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HR
Received 18 Oct 200737 MERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AU
Received 18 Oct 2007TOWN HALL, TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NG
Received 18 Oct 2007TOWN HALL, TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NG
Received 18 Oct 200762 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DD
Received 19 Oct 200762 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DD
Received 19 Oct 2007STANLEY PARK GOLF CLUB, NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LS
Received 19 Oct 200761 WALPOLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SE
Received 19 Oct 2007LAND AT REAR 81-87 POWELL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HQ
Received 19 Oct 2007311 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DR
Received 19 Oct 200788-90 CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QE
Received 19 Oct 20074 WILTON PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HE
Received 22 Oct 2007190 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JW
Received 23 Oct 2007187 WARREN DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3TQ
Received 23 Oct 2007SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL, LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HX
Received 23 Oct 2007FYLDE COAST HOSPITAL, ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BG
Received 23 Oct 200756 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RU
Received 23 Oct 200729 STONEWAY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AU
Received 23 Oct 200738-42 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AY
Received 23 Oct 200714 PRINCESS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BZ
Received 24 Oct 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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