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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.
17,402 approved · 2,708 refused · 1,038 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE QUEENS HOTEL, 469/471 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AY
Received 6 Jul 200916 CHELTENHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PR
Received 6 Jul 2009REAR 40 - 92 ST HELIERS ROAD & 1 -11 STANSFIELD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JU
Received 6 Jul 20096 SEVENTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2ED
Received 6 Jul 2009282 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RH
Received 7 Jul 2009CASA FLORA, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QF
Received 6 Jul 2009112 SEVENOAKS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BZ
Received 7 Jul 200934 BEECHWOOD GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DZ
Received 7 Jul 2009THE COTTAGE, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EJ
Received 7 Jul 2009376 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 7 Jul 2009FORMER PARKWAY SERVICE STATION, PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QT
Received 7 Jul 200946 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AL
Received 7 Jul 2009BISPHAM ENDOWED JUNIOR SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HH
Received 8 Jul 2009LAND BETWEEN SEASIDERS WAY, ST HELIERS ROAD, SEYMOUR ROAD AND STANSFIELD STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 7 Jul 2009LAND TO THE REAR OF 131 & 133 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UJ
Received 8 Jul 2009636 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AW
Received 7 Jul 200969 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BX
Received 9 Jul 200922 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AQ
Received 10 Jul 2009BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB, BLOOMFIELD ROAD STADIUM, SEASIDERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JJ
Received 10 Jul 200912 BURLINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JR
Received 10 Jul 200925 KESWICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PB
Received 10 Jul 200946 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AJ
Received 10 Jul 200968-70 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RP
Received 13 Jul 20095 BAMBER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JD
Received 14 Jul 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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