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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.
17,454 approved · 2,720 refused · 1,041 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PLOT 111, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 12 Oct 200911 MARSHDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5PF
Received 12 Oct 200983 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 12 Oct 200983 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 12 Oct 200929 HULL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QB
Received 13 Oct 200929 HULL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QB
Received 13 Oct 20091 EXCHANGE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DU
Received 13 Oct 2009363 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BJ
Received 14 Oct 2009363 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BJ
Received 14 Oct 2009PROMENADE BETWEEN NORTH PIER AND COCKER SQUARE, BLACKPOOL
Received 13 Oct 200958A WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DD
Received 15 Oct 2009173 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NJ
Received 15 Oct 20092 SKIPTON CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JY
Received 16 Oct 200946 PLOVERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FE
Received 16 Oct 2009BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 16 Oct 200925 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 19 Oct 200943 KYLEMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RH
Received 19 Oct 2009132 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HH
Received 19 Oct 200917 LOUISE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EF
Received 19 Oct 200916 COCKER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BY
Received 20 Oct 20091 WOLVERTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9NT
Received 20 Oct 2009FARADAY COURT, FARADAY WAY, BLACKPOOL TECHNOLOGY PARK, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JH
Received 20 Oct 2009LAND ON PROMENADE BETWEEN SANDCASTLE AND SOUTH PIER, BLACKPOOL.
Received 21 Oct 20097 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QQ
Received 23 Oct 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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