Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
17,387 approved · 2,706 refused · 1,038 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
206 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL
Received 21 May 200964 ROSSINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DP
Received 21 May 200963 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 22 May 20096 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PA
Received 22 May 2009218 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EE
Received 23 May 200918 AVONDALE CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AS
Received 26 May 2009181 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RU
Received 26 May 200991-95 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LN
Received 22 May 2009CARRIAGEWAY ADJACENT 719 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SY
Received 26 May 20099 ILKLEY GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HF
Received 27 May 200977 CAMBRAY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LX
Received 26 May 2009392 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 26 May 2009168 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RT
Received 22 May 2009MARTON MERE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, MYTHOP ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EA
Received 27 May 200937 WINDERMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BX
Received 28 May 200918 WALPOLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SF
Received 28 May 200915 - 17 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BJ
Received 28 May 2009122 WARBRECK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9PN
Received 28 May 2009224 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DH
Received 28 May 200948 WASHINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PT
Received 28 May 2009160 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LA
Received 28 May 2009229 - 237 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AS
Received 28 May 2009204 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JS
Received 28 May 20098 MONTAGUE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AT
Received 29 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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