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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.
17,381 approved · 2,704 refused · 1,038 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
DERRYN, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EL
Received 12 May 200919 - 21 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AB
Received 12 May 20095 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HJ
Received 12 May 200994-98 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HB
Received 12 May 2009157 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EU
Received 13 May 200911 CARSHALTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NR
Received 13 May 2009BALMORAL REST HOME, 2 CONWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JH
Received 13 May 2009CENTRAL CAR PARK, ADJACENT JUNCTION OF CENTRAL DRIVE/NEW BONNY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QE
Received 14 May 20098 KILDONAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NL
Received 14 May 20095 CHARLES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EG
Received 15 May 20091 KINCARDINE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NN
Received 15 May 20091 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LY
Received 15 May 20099-19 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DG
Received 16 May 200921 ELMSLIE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9FY
Received 18 May 2009424-426 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LB
Received 18 May 200938 BROMSGROVE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LX
Received 18 May 200910 CAMBRAY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LT
Received 16 May 2009LAND ADJACENT 6a DOVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PN
Received 18 May 2009LAND REAR OF 2-8 BRIERCLIFFE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LY
Received 18 May 200925 KESWICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PB
Received 17 May 200940-42 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DY
Received 17 May 2009139 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QS
Received 19 May 200912 ELAINE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LD
Received 19 May 20096 ADSTONE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7PD
Received 20 May 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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