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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.
16,877 approved · 2,625 refused · 1,019 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 QUEEN STREET AND 77-79 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1PD
Received 18 Mar 2008UNITS 3 & 4, GRAND THEATRE KIOSKS, CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 19 Mar 2008311 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LS
Received 19 Mar 20088-14 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1PD
Received 19 Mar 2008BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NR
Received 20 Mar 200817 VALEWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3ER
Received 20 Mar 200836 CHARNLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PF
Received 25 Mar 200894 BURLINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JR
Received 25 Mar 200860 FOREST GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AP
Received 25 Mar 20085 LIMECHASE CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LR
Received 25 Mar 20084 SALWICK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9BT
Received 26 Mar 2008MERCEDES BENZ, 1 ASHWORTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LP
Received 26 Mar 200830 WOOD GREEN DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3DH
Received 26 Mar 20081 THE SANCTUARY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QJ
Received 25 Mar 2008CENOTAPH, PRINCESS PARADE, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RQ
Received 26 Mar 2008CENOTAPH, PRINCESS PARADE, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RQ
Received 26 Mar 20085 CLEVEDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NX
Received 25 Mar 200820 THE CLOISTERS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LW
Received 27 Mar 2008466 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JA
Received 26 Mar 200834 WATERHEAD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QR
Received 27 Mar 200837 CORNWALL PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NR
Received 28 Mar 2008124 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TR
Received 26 Mar 2008LAND AT REAR OF 65-67 ABBEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JZ
Received 27 Mar 200843 WESTWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9EB
Received 28 Mar 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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