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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.
17,440 approved · 2,717 refused · 1,039 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND BETWEEN 77 AND 79 HARCOURT ROAD, BLACKPOOL.
Received 15 Sept 2009ST NICHOLAS C OF E SCHOOL, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 15 Sept 2009RAIKES MEWS, 40 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EX
Received 15 Sept 20092 NEVILLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BG
Received 16 Sept 2009106-108 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JW
Received 16 Sept 2009144 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JN
Received 16 Sept 2009196 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EE
Received 17 Sept 2009ST TERESAS CHURCH HALL, ST GEORGES AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JW
Received 17 Sept 200938-40 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QL
Received 18 Sept 200938-40 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QL
Received 18 Sept 2009WOODLANDS SCHOOL, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 18 Sept 200963 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 21 Sept 200963 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 21 Sept 2009BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 21 Sept 200918-20 EMPRESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SD
Received 23 Sept 2009SUBSTATION AT BRISTOL AVENUE, FY2 0JF
Received 21 Sept 20093 HONISTER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PF
Received 24 Sept 20094 PENSWICK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BJ
Received 24 Sept 2009LAND TO REAR OF 1-7 BROAD OAK LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 0BZ
Received 24 Sept 2009PARK SCHOOL, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 24 Sept 200926 EMPRESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SD
Received 24 Sept 200915 QUEBEC AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NU
Received 25 Sept 2009NEW YORKER CAFE, 371 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BH
Received 25 Sept 200928 BURWOOD DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NS
Received 25 Sept 2009Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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