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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.
17,480 approved · 2,728 refused · 1,041 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
STANLEY PARK, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 14 Dec 2009BOND STREET COACH & CAR PARK, BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HW
Received 14 Dec 2009182 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AD
Received 15 Dec 2009120 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TR
Received 17 Dec 200939 STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EU
Received 17 Dec 2009FORMER BLOOMFIELD BAKERY, PALMER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JP
Received 17 Dec 20095 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BT
Received 17 Dec 2009BLACKPOOL NO 1 WORKING MENS CLUB, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JL
Received 17 Dec 2009BLACKPOOL NO 1 WORKING MENS CLUB, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JL
Received 17 Dec 200931 BRUN GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PG
Received 21 Dec 2009214 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AD
Received 22 Dec 2009UNIT 3, CLIFTON RETAIL PARK, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 22 Dec 200960 HELENS CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QE
Received 22 Dec 2009THE SALVATION ARMY, BLACKPOOL CITADEL, RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EL
Received 21 Dec 2009107 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 21 Dec 20092 LAKEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3ET
Received 21 Dec 2009126 CONDOR GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QY
Received 22 Dec 200936 ROSEACRE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PN
Received 21 Dec 200965 TYRONE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RR
Received 22 Dec 2009WATERLOO HEADLAND, PROMENADE WEST OF TRAM TRACKS BETWEEN BRITANNIA PLACE AND RAWCLIFFE STREET, BLACKPOOL.
Received 22 Dec 2009ST CHADS HEADLAND, PROMENADE WEST OF TRAM TRACKS BETWEEN WELLINGTON ROAD AND ALEXANDRA ROAD, BLACKPOOL.
Received 23 Dec 200993 HORSEBRIDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BQ
Received 23 Dec 20091 RAYMOND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TY
Received 23 Dec 200924 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EX
Received 23 Dec 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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