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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.
17,076 approved · 2,651 refused · 1,026 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Dec 1998 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND TO REAR OF 69-71 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 14 Jul 200817 LECKHAMPTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NA
Received 14 Jul 20082 FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 29 Jul 2008146 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AT
Received 21 Jul 20084 NORKEED ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QE
Received 15 Jul 2008513 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1TE
Received 16 Jul 200810 FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 16 Jul 2008BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 16 Jul 2008226 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NB
Received 16 Jul 20084 WARLEY ROAD (INC FORMER COACH HOUSE TO REAR), BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JU
Received 18 Jul 2008166 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LA
Received 18 Jul 2008COLLINS PARK, COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 21 Jul 200893 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9NJ
Received 18 Jul 200839 MELBOURNE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3DX
Received 18 Jul 200839 HADDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AH
Received 18 Jul 200820 SHAW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HB
Received 18 Jul 200837-39 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LL
Received 16 Jul 200828 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 16 Jul 2008195 ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EF
Received 21 Jul 200866-68 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 21 Jul 200835 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 22 Jul 200818 ALBANY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QB
Received 22 Jul 200874 SEVENOAKS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, FY5 3BZ
Received 22 Jul 2008FOOTPATH ADJACENT 49 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT
Received 24 Jul 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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