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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.
16,705 approved · 2,606 refused · 1,018 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
219 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HW
Received 14 Jan 2008101 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DN
Received 15 Jan 2008NELLIE DEANS, 150-152 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RE
Received 15 Jan 200822 NELSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AS
Received 16 Jan 2008CLIFTON DRIVE ADJACENT 53-55. BLACKPOOL
Received 16 Jan 2008SHELL BLACKPOOL, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TN
Received 17 Jan 2008LAND AT REAR OF, 142-144 HARCOURT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HN
Received 17 Jan 2008232 Common Edge Road
Received 18 Jan 20086 TUDOR PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PQ
Received 18 Jan 200851 ACRE GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LE
Received 18 Jan 200837 DUNELT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LR
Received 21 Jan 200812 LUDLOW GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PZ
Received 21 Jan 2008LAND AT 11 CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 18 Jan 200832 CLEVEDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NX
Received 22 Jan 2008BUS STOP ADJACENT TO 100-102 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DZ
Received 22 Jan 2008BUS STOP ADJACENT TO 9 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 Jan 200867 LOCKERBIE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EW
Received 21 Jan 200816A EMPRESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SE
Received 23 Jan 2008168 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RD
Received 23 Jan 20083 OLDBURY PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3DR
Received 23 Jan 20084 PATTERDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QU
Received 23 Jan 200818 SANDHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AU
Received 23 Jan 200896A BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EX
Received 23 Jan 2008113 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HZ
Received 23 Jan 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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