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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.
16,771 approved · 2,616 refused · 1,018 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 QUERNMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SU
Received 11 Feb 20082A TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DH
Received 11 Feb 2008WINDMILL SERVICE STATION, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XQ
Received 12 Feb 200872 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RY
Received 11 Feb 200872 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RY
Received 11 Feb 200829 PENDLE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LZ
Received 11 Feb 200838 HARRINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QE
Received 11 Feb 20082 ROSEWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PW
Received 12 Feb 200818 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PA
Received 12 Feb 20083 WANSTEAD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AR
Received 12 Feb 2008140 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NG
Received 12 Feb 200837-41 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 13 Feb 2008CHARNWOOD HOUSE, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 13 Feb 20081 PARKINSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AZ
Received 13 Feb 2008HAZELDENE, KITTY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EG
Received 13 Feb 200848 EASTPINES DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, FY5 3RX
Received 14 Feb 2008794 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AG
Received 14 Feb 200854 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3LA
Received 14 Feb 200845 WASHINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PT
Received 15 Feb 2008DEVONSHIRE ROAD FILLING STATION, 159-163 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AX
Received 15 Feb 20082-4 ANSDELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LX
Received 15 Feb 200889 WARBRECK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RZ
Received 18 Feb 2008OAKLAND NURSERIES, LAUNDRY ROAD SOUTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JH
Received 18 Feb 2008156 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JB
Received 18 Feb 2008Records 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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