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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.
16,780 approved · 2,617 refused · 1,018 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 RAWCLIFFE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BZ
Received 18 Feb 200819 MONTPELIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AE
Received 19 Feb 200822 KNOWSLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HP
Received 19 Feb 200854 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DJ
Received 19 Feb 2008NAPIER LODGE REST HOME, 45-47 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PA
Received 19 Feb 20082 PRINCESS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BZ
Received 19 Feb 2008LAND ADJACENT TO SEASIDERS WAY/SEYMOUR ROAD/BLOOMFIELD ROAD
Received 8 Feb 20085 ANCHORSHOLME LANE WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1LX
Received 20 Feb 2008LAND ADJACENT TO 415 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ED
Received 21 Feb 200810 ELMSLIE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9FY
Received 21 Feb 2008CO OP TRAVEL, ASDA STORE, 160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 21 Feb 20081B THE CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EQ
Received 21 Feb 2008210 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RE
Received 21 Feb 20086 WINTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HT
Received 21 Feb 2008SALISBURY GARDENS, (KNOWN AS WOODLAND GARDENS), EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL
Received 21 Feb 200822-30 PLEASANT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HU
Received 25 Feb 2008452 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QT
Received 25 Feb 2008KING EDWARD VII HOTEL, 39 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QE
Received 22 Feb 2008LIDL UK GMBH, 4 ANCHORSHOLME LANE WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1LY
Received 26 Feb 200813 CHAPEL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AW
Received 26 Feb 2008BRUNSWICK W M C, 21-27 BETHESDA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DT
Received 26 Feb 200816 HAVELOCK STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BN
Received 26 Feb 20089 BRIERCLIFFE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LY
Received 26 Feb 2008FORMER D B CAR TRIM CORNFORD GARAGE, CORNFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QQ
Received 26 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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