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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.
17,426 approved · 2,714 refused · 1,038 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
449 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JE
Received 24 Aug 2009REAR OF 39 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 24 Aug 2009FORMER PARKWAY SERVICE STATION, PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QT
Received 25 Aug 2009124 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PP
Received 25 Aug 2009124 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PP
Received 25 Aug 2009MARTON MERE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, MYTHOP ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EA
Received 26 Aug 200918 LANDSEER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EF
Received 27 Aug 2009KWIK-FIT, 201 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HQ
Received 27 Aug 200920 PRINCEWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DQ
Received 28 Aug 2009213 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JH
Received 27 Aug 2009251 VICARAGE LANE (FORMER DUTTON FORSHAW), BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ND
Received 28 Aug 2009251 VICARAGE LANE (FORMER DUTTON FORSHAW), BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ND
Received 28 Aug 2009102 EASTPINES DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RZ
Received 9 Sept 200936 ROSEACRE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PN
Received 1 Sept 200957 HIGHCROFT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BT
Received 2 Sept 200925 ST CHADS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BP
Received 1 Sept 200928-30 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LF
Received 1 Sept 200913 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QQ
Received 1 Sept 200938 BEAUFORT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HG
Received 2 Sept 2009LAND TO REAR OF CORNWALL PLACE (OFF SWALLOW CLOSE).
Received 3 Sept 2009CENTRAL POLICE STATION, BONNY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5RL
Received 3 Sept 2009LAND OFF RYSCAR WAY, KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0GH
Received 4 Sept 200937 AILSA AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HW
Received 7 Sept 2009207 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TU
Received 7 Sept 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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