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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.
17,409 approved · 2,709 refused · 1,038 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
99 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NE
Received 15 Jul 2009106 ONSLOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EX
Received 15 Jul 200945 NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AQ
Received 13 Jul 200910 CAMBRAY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LT
Received 15 Jul 2009BLACKPOOL & FYLDE COLLEGE, PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DW
Received 16 Jul 2009MANOR HOUSE, KITTY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EG
Received 16 Jul 20092 RAVENWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LT
Received 16 Jul 20097 HOLLYWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8DA
Received 17 Jul 2009109 - 113 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 17 Jul 200933 LINDSAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LD
Received 17 Jul 200910 BORDEAUX CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3UE
Received 17 Jul 200939-41 HARROWSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QH
Received 17 Jul 200927 NORMANDIE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LE
Received 20 Jul 2009ARNOLD MEDICAL CENTRE, 204 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EF
Received 20 Jul 2009WINDMILL PUBLIC HOUSE, WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DR
Received 17 Jul 200944 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SU
Received 20 Jul 20097 GREEN WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EX
Received 20 Jul 2009LAND AT SELBOURNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL (FORMER CAUNCE STREET SAWMILL SITE)
Received 17 Jul 2009TOWER FESTIVAL HEADLAND, PROMENADE WEST OF TRAM TRACKS BETWEEN TALBOT SQUARE AND VICTORIA STREET
Received 20 Jul 2009KFC, BANK HEY STREET/VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RY
Received 21 Jul 2009KFC, BANK HEY STREET/VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RY
Received 21 Jul 2009KFC, BANK HEY STREET/VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RY
Received 21 Jul 2009BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 20 Jul 200956-60 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1JP
Received 22 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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