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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.
17,343 approved · 2,701 refused · 1,037 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 YATES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DE
Received 18 Apr 200930 GYNN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LD
Received 20 Apr 200941 WALPOLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SE
Received 20 Apr 2009102/104 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AA
Received 21 Apr 2009LAYTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 200 KINGSCOTE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EN
Received 21 Apr 2009NEW YORKER CAFE, 371 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BH
Received 21 Apr 20098 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EQ
Received 22 Apr 200929 - 37 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EZ
Received 21 Apr 2009136-138 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HW
Received 22 Apr 2009LAND ADJACENT TO 2 GELDOF DRIVE, BLACKPOOL.
Received 22 Apr 200910-12 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DA
Received 23 Apr 200937 LINDSAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LD
Received 23 Apr 2009LAND AT NEWTON DRIVE AND BATHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 23 Apr 2009BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JJ
Received 23 Apr 20095-7 FOXHALL SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BJ
Received 24 Apr 2009THE SALVATION ARMY, BLACKPOOL CITADEL, RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EL
Received 27 Apr 20099A FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 27 Apr 2009PROMENADE WEST OF TRAM TRACKS BETWEEN ADELAIDE STREET WEST AND BRUNSWICK STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 28 Apr 2009ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AY
Received 28 Apr 2009ST KENTIGERNS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BT
Received 28 Apr 2009SHERWOOD HOUSE, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 29 Apr 20094 RIBCHESTER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SD
Received 29 Apr 2009WESTCLIFF PRIMARY SCHOOL, CRAWFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9BY
Received 30 Apr 2009BLACKPOOL NORTH SHORE GOLF CLUB, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RD
Received 30 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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