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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.
17,268 approved · 2,685 refused · 1,033 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7-11 ALFRED STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LH
Received 9 Jan 2009TESCO STORES LTD, CLIFTON RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 12 Jan 200910 PENNYSTONE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HL
Received 12 Jan 200947 CHEPSTOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7PH
Received 14 Jan 2009LAND ADJACENT 108 ABBEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JZ
Received 14 Jan 2009141 WARBRECK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RA
Received 13 Jan 20095 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 15 Jan 2009238 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NB
Received 16 Jan 200930 PLOVERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FE
Received 16 Jan 200926 SELBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LY
Received 17 Jan 2009146-148 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RE
Received 19 Jan 2009157 LANGDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SN
Received 19 Jan 200947-59 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 19 Jan 200962 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PL
Received 20 Jan 2009130 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DZ
Received 20 Jan 2009LAND ADJACENT TO MERESIDE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, BOWNESS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4TE
Received 19 Jan 20098 MONTAGUE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AT
Received 22 Jan 2009LAND ADJACENT 5 CARLETON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JN
Received 22 Jan 2009UNIT 1, CLIFTON RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 22 Jan 20099 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PA
Received 22 Jan 200923 CHAPEL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AW
Received 23 Jan 2009107-115 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QP
Received 22 Jan 2009599 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RG
Received 26 Jan 2009293 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AQ
Received 26 Jan 2009Records 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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