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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.
17,474 approved · 2,724 refused · 1,041 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 & 73A CONDOR GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5NA
Received 5 Nov 200919 ORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4DW
Received 6 Nov 2009196 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LW
Received 6 Nov 2009BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 6 Nov 2009156 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RP
Received 9 Nov 2009LAND AT THE CORNER OF RIGBY ROAD AND CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5ES
Received 11 Nov 200929 PIERSTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UT
Received 11 Nov 2009UNIT E, BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RN
Received 11 Nov 2009FOOD LINK, UNIT 4 CORNFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QQ
Received 11 Nov 2009LAND AT STARR GATE, NEW SOUTH PROMENADE
Received 18 Nov 20092 CONISTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BY
Received 12 Nov 2009133 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LZ
Received 12 Nov 200915 MILBOURNE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3ER
Received 13 Nov 200932 SAVILLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JR
Received 16 Nov 2009KENSINGTON LODGE, LANGDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RT
Received 13 Nov 2009JONLYN, WORTHINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EH
Received 16 Nov 2009SOUTH SHORE FIRE STATION, ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AP
Received 16 Nov 200962 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LL
Received 16 Nov 200970 SEVENOAKS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BY
Received 17 Nov 200963 FITZROY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RJ
Received 17 Nov 2009436-438 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BE
Received 17 Nov 20091 MOSSOM LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RJ
Received 18 Nov 2009NEW FIELDS, DICKIES LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LG
Received 18 Nov 2009LAND BETWEEN 44 & 76 DRAYCOT AVENUE AND 25 & 51 FORSHAW AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 18 Nov 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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