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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.
16,912 approved · 2,630 refused · 1,020 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JA
Received 9 Apr 2008HIGHFIELD ROAD SOCIAL & RECREATION, 79 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 9 Apr 20081 PARKINSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AZ
Received 11 Apr 2008134 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DY
Received 10 Apr 200817 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 10 Apr 200870 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DF
Received 10 Apr 2008SITE AT 190-194 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RJ
Received 10 Apr 2008GAS WORKS, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4US
Received 10 Apr 200822 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HT
Received 11 Apr 2008FORMER PRICEBUSTERS, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QZ
Received 11 Apr 2008MARKS AND SPENCER, 49 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT
Received 14 Apr 200841 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 14 Apr 20083A BALL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HL
Received 26 Jun 2008ST BERNADETTES RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AJ
Received 14 Apr 200847 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DU
Received 14 Apr 200888-90 CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QE
Received 15 Apr 20088 ALBION AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NA
Received 15 Apr 20084 CARLTON GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LA
Received 15 Apr 200837-39 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LL
Received 15 Apr 200847 HARROWSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QH
Received 16 Apr 200847 HARROWSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QH
Received 16 Apr 20083-5 QUEEN SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1QU
Received 16 Apr 2008281-283 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AJ
Received 17 Apr 200840 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BP
Received 17 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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