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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.
17,436 approved · 2,717 refused · 1,039 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 CHELTENHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PS
Received 7 Sept 200973 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BX
Received 7 Sept 200942 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AJ
Received 7 Sept 2009403 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JP
Received 7 Sept 2009PROPERTY TO REAR OF 1A MOON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EH
Received 8 Sept 2009ST EVENS HOUSE, ROUNDHAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LY
Received 8 Sept 2009LAND AT FOX INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HOLYOAKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QX
Received 8 Sept 200916 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LY
Received 8 Sept 200947 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LJ
Received 9 Sept 2009235 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DJ
Received 9 Sept 20092 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NQ
Received 10 Sept 200925 HARCOURT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3ET
Received 10 Sept 200922 LUNEDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LL
Received 11 Sept 2009BOUNDARY PRIMARY SCHOOL, DINMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7RW
Received 10 Sept 2009143 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QS
Received 14 Sept 2009WILLOW TREE HOUSE, KITTY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EG
Received 11 Sept 2009THE BUNGALOW, 1A MOON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EH
Received 14 Sept 200923 - 25 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AT
Received 14 Sept 200924 SOUTH SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AJ
Received 14 Sept 200990 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HQ
Received 14 Sept 200940-46 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DH
Received 14 Sept 2009115A HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QP
Received 14 Sept 2009443-449 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BW
Received 15 Sept 200914-16 PLEASANT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JA
Received 15 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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