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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.
16,895 approved · 2,627 refused · 1,019 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 MOORE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DA
Received 28 Mar 200846 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AL
Received 28 Mar 200836 BOURNEMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LP
Received 27 Mar 2008524 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JS
Received 28 Mar 20085 KIMBERLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LS
Received 31 Mar 200826 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HT
Received 31 Mar 2008102-110 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QS
Received 31 Mar 20081-3 CHARLES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EG
Received 28 Mar 200841 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HX
Received 31 Mar 2008NEXT, HOUNDS HILL CENTRE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HU
Received 31 Mar 2008KINGSTON MITSUBISHI, RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL FY1 5EP
Received 31 Mar 2008213 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AA
Received 31 Mar 200892 WITHNELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HE
Received 31 Mar 200854 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 31 Mar 200815 ORKNEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LJ
Received 31 Mar 20088 CUMBRIAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8RQ
Received 1 Apr 20086-8 WARBRECK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SZ
Received 1 Apr 2008THE ROYAL PAVILION, RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DE
Received 1 Apr 2008LAND REAR 207 - 237 NEWHOUSE ROAD AND REAR 38-46 CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Apr 200824 EMERALD CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3LH
Received 1 Apr 200844 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QA
Received 2 Apr 2008BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 3 Apr 2008177 PROMENADE / 53-55 FOXHALL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BW
Received 3 Apr 200892 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HE
Received 3 Apr 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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