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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.
17,082 approved · 2,651 refused · 1,026 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FOOTPATH ADJACENT 43-47 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 24 Jul 2008FOOTPATH ADJACENT 1 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LY
Received 24 Jul 2008FOOTPATH ADJACENT 6-10 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RS
Received 24 Jul 2008AUCTIONEER, 235-237 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6ET
Received 23 Jul 2008TESCO STORES LTD, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 23 Jul 200843 ARNOTT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ED
Received 23 Jul 200821 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 23 Jul 200845 HARROWSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QH
Received 25 Jul 200882 ONSLOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EP
Received 24 Jul 2008FOOTPATH ADJACENT 43-47 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1ET
Received 24 Jul 2008FOOTPATH ADJACENT 49 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT
Received 24 Jul 2008FOOTPATH ADJACENT 6-10 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RS
Received 24 Jul 2008FOOTPATH ADJACENT 1 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1JS
Received 24 Jul 200818 WOLVERTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9NT
Received 24 Jul 2008LAND AT MOSS HOUSE ROAD, MARTON MOSS,BLACKPOOL
Received 22 Jul 200857 PENROSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JS
Received 28 Jul 2008CARANDAW FARM, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EJ
Received 24 Jul 2008224 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 29 Jul 200818 TORSWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LQ
Received 29 Jul 2008274 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NL
Received 29 Jul 2008135 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RT
Received 29 Jul 2008455 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QL
Received 28 Jul 2008263 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SP
Received 30 Jul 2008COLLINGWOOD SERVICE STATION, COLLINGWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BZ
Received 30 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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