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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.
17,418 approved · 2,712 refused · 1,038 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 SEABOURNE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EH
Received 4 Aug 2009125 LANGDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SN
Received 4 Aug 200962A - 64 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DQ
Received 4 Aug 2009CHRIST THE KING PRIMARY SCHOOL, BATHURST AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7RJ
Received 4 Aug 2009115 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RF
Received 6 Aug 200973 ST LUKES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EL
Received 7 Aug 2009246 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HA
Received 7 Aug 2009236 - 238 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NL
Received 11 Aug 20096 WASHINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QB
Received 11 Aug 200921 LEAMINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HD
Received 12 Aug 200914 ST LUKES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EJ
Received 12 Aug 2009164 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 11 Aug 200921 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BD
Received 12 Aug 2009326-328 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JG
Received 14 Aug 2009326-328 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JG
Received 14 Aug 2009160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 14 Aug 2009WESTBURY LODGE, 160 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 14 Aug 2009255 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PB
Received 17 Aug 2009181 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RU
Received 14 Aug 200962 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LL
Received 17 Aug 2009173 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EE
Received 18 Aug 2009114 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NN
Received 18 Aug 2009BELLE VUE GARAGE, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DQ
Received 18 Aug 2009467 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JP
Received 24 Aug 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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