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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.
17,329 approved · 2,697 refused · 1,035 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT 24, SYCAMORE TRADING ESTATE, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RL
Received 1 Apr 200931 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EG
Received 3 Apr 2009NORBRECK PRIMARY SCHOOL, NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PD
Received 9 Apr 2009LAND AT DINMORE PLACE, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Apr 20093 - 5 RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DE
Received 7 Apr 200932 ASHBURTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PE
Received 8 Apr 2009CASA FLORA, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QF
Received 8 Apr 200920 SANDERSON WAY
Received 9 Apr 200927 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DH
Received 8 Apr 2009180 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AA
Received 9 Apr 2009BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NR
Received 4 Apr 2009MOOR PARK COMMUNITY WOODLAND, MOOR PARK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 8 Apr 2009566 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PH
Received 14 Apr 2009125 LANGDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SN
Received 15 Apr 200962 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HY
Received 15 Apr 200948 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BJ
Received 17 Apr 20094 SEABOURNE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EH
Received 15 Apr 2009647-655 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RN
Received 17 Apr 200927 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 17 Apr 200929 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 17 Apr 200954 VERMONT GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RJ
Received 16 Apr 2009UNITS E AND F, BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RP
Received 17 Apr 2009115 STONY HILL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PW
Received 17 Apr 20095 BURWOOD DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NS
Received 20 Apr 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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