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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.
16,434 approved · 2,553 refused · 1,003 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 LOCKERBIE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EW
Received 28 Sept 2007109 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RS
Received 28 Sept 200740 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PG
Received 1 Oct 20073 CHATTERIS PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1DT
Received 2 Oct 200777 ONSLOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EP
Received 25 Sept 200728A LINCOLN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HB
Received 1 Oct 2007352 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QN
Received 1 Oct 200735 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AT
Received 2 Oct 2007261 BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WP
Received 2 Oct 2007LARKFIELD, ST NICHOLAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JB
Received 3 Oct 200749 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AF
Received 4 Oct 2007162 ABBEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PZ
Received 4 Oct 2007219-221 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DL
Received 4 Oct 200728 ROSEBERY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LB
Received 4 Oct 200714 ST BEDES AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AQ
Received 4 Oct 2007136-146 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EE
Received 4 Oct 2007TRAVEL INN, YEADON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BF
Received 4 Oct 200762 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RT
Received 4 Oct 2007CASA FLORA, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QF
Received 4 Oct 20072 GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HU
Received 8 Oct 2007139 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LZ
Received 8 Oct 2007LINDOR, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 8 Oct 2007TESCO STORE, CLIFTON RETAIL PARK, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 8 Oct 2007250 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HB
Received 9 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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