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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.
17,247 approved · 2,678 refused · 1,033 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Mar 1997 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 SHERINGHAM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AB
Received 23 Oct 200827 BRANSTREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UQ
Received 22 Oct 2008229-243 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AS
Received 23 Oct 20087 FIR TREE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3DP
Received 23 Oct 20086 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3DN
Received 23 Oct 2008GLASDON INTERNATIONAL LTD EXPORT CENTRE, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UR
Received 27 Oct 200854 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 23 Oct 2008167 ANSDELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PE
Received 29 Oct 200827 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DH
Received 27 Oct 200851 ACRE GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LE
Received 28 Oct 2008750 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AD
Received 28 Oct 2008HIGHFIELD HOTEL, HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LA
Received 28 Oct 2008WEST GATE, ROBINS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QP
Received 28 Oct 2008LAND AT BAGULEYS GARDEN CENTRE, MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HE
Received 31 Oct 2008RYSCAR HOUSE, 3 FARADAY WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JJ
Received 28 Oct 2008114 HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DL AND 7 MOUNT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DH
Received 30 Oct 2008FORMER BOAT DRYING SHED, STANLEY PARK, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HQ
Received 30 Oct 20085 ALLANDALE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RH
Received 30 Oct 20087 VILLAGE WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AH
Received 30 Oct 2008SITE OF HINDLE COTTAGE, BACK EAVES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HW
Received 31 Oct 2008304 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QS
Received 3 Nov 20084 CARLIN GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QX
Received 5 Nov 200821 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SN
Received 4 Nov 200836-42 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RW
Received 4 Nov 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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