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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.
17,275 approved · 2,688 refused · 1,034 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 RIVERSLEIGH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2SB
Received 6 Feb 2009304 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QS
Received 9 Feb 2009KING EDWARD VII HOTEL, 39 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QE
Received 9 Feb 200937 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 9 Feb 2009KING EDWARD VII HOTEL, 39 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QE
Received 9 Feb 200982 KESWICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PA
Received 11 Feb 200910 MERSEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EN
Received 11 Feb 2009149-151 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PF
Received 11 Feb 200925 BEAUFORT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HF
Received 12 Feb 2009LAND ADJACENT 14 STRATHDALE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BB
Received 13 Feb 2009LAND AT CORNER OF LAUNDRY ROAD/MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 13 Feb 20091ST BISPHAM SCOUT & GUIDE GROUP HALL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AJ
Received 16 Feb 2009AUCTIONEER, 235-237 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6ET
Received 16 Feb 2009PROMENADE OPPOSITE 245-249, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AH
Received 17 Feb 2009241 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL
Received 17 Feb 200920 & 22 KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EJ
Received 17 Feb 20091 NEW HALL AVENUE NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5GY
Received 16 Feb 2009LAND AT 11 DOVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 17 Feb 2009ST EVENS HOUSE, ROUNDHAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LY
Received 18 Feb 20091 ALCONBURY CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1DR
Received 18 Feb 2009THE NO 3 PUBLIC HOUSE, DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BW
Received 18 Feb 2009CHRIST THE KING PRIMARY SCHOOL, BATHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7RJ
Received 18 Feb 200949 ORCHARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NX
Received 18 Feb 2009LAND ADJACENT 1 HOO HILL LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HL
Received 19 Feb 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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