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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.
17,028 approved · 2,644 refused · 1,024 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
201 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DL
Received 9 Jun 2008134 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DY
Received 9 Jun 200898 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BU
Received 9 Jun 2008BLACKPOOL MECHANICS FOOTBALL CLUB, JEPSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 9 Jun 2008251 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XL
Received 9 Jun 200872 MANCHESTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8DP
Received 11 Jun 200823 GREENFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3SW
Received 12 Jun 200839 HOLLY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2SF
Received 12 Jun 20085-11 CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BP
Received 13 Jun 200819 MONTPELIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AE
Received 13 Jun 200821 MONTPELIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AE
Received 13 Jun 2008292-294 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AG
Received 16 Jun 200812 LOW MOOR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PG
Received 13 Jun 2008LAND AT SELBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL (FORMER CAUNCE STREET SAWMILL SITE)
Received 13 Jun 2008SITE AT 190-194 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RJ
Received 13 Jun 2008LAND ADJACENT TO 232 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 13 Jun 2008WARBURTONS LTD, BRINWELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QU
Received 13 Jun 2008361 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EA
Received 16 Jun 2008UNIT 10, HOUNDS HILL SHOPPING CENTRE, BLACKPOOL
Received 16 Jun 2008FORMER NORBRECK CASTLE FILLING STATION, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 17 Jun 200838-40 CHARNLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PF
Received 17 Jun 20082-6 SIMPSON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HS
Received 17 Jun 200828A WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AL
Received 17 Jun 200814 LEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SG
Received 17 Jun 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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