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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.
16,991 approved · 2,641 refused · 1,022 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 WOODLAND GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9EZ
Received 22 May 2008TREPATWYN, WHITEHOLME ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HX
Received 20 May 200829 KEMPTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HS
Received 20 May 20086 DEERHURST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HG
Received 20 May 20084 CRUMMOCK PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4TP
Received 20 May 200857 SAWLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NB
Received 22 May 2008SPRINGFIELD COURT, OLD MEADOW LANE, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 May 200859A HARROWSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QH
Received 22 May 2008BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 23 May 200827 KENDAL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LG
Received 23 May 2008DE VERE HOTEL, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LL
Received 23 May 2008CLIFTON HOTEL, TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ND
Received 27 May 200821 ST CHADS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BP
Received 29 May 2008CLIFTON HOTEL, TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ND
Received 27 May 2008ST EVENS HOUSE, ROUNDHAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LY
Received 28 May 200833 and 35 QUERNMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9SU
Received 11 Jun 200820 CAXTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AS
Received 29 May 2008144 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JN
Received 29 May 2008144 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HW
Received 29 May 200819 & 21 BRIDGE HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 29 May 2008TUSSAUDS WAXWORKS, 87-89 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 2 Jun 2008THE LAW COURTS, CHAPEL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5RJ
Received 2 Jun 2008154 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JD
Received 2 Jun 2008WOODLANDS SCHOOL, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 2 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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