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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.
18,212 approved · 2,871 refused · 1,072 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Mar 1997 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
107-115 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QP
Received 20 Jan 2010272 EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RS
Received 20 Jan 2010209A WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AE
Received 21 Jan 2010363 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BJ
Received 21 Jan 2010CHARNLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PP
Received 22 Jan 201097 NORTHGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LT
Received 22 Jan 201076 BUCHANAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3BN
Received 22 Jan 2010FARADAY HOUSE, FARADAY WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JH
Received 22 Jan 2010UNIT 1, FORMER TVR BUILDING, BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JF
Received 22 Jan 20104 TARRAGON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WH
Received 22 Jan 201068 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HQ
Received 25 Jan 201016 BRYAN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BE
Received 25 Jan 201040 KNOWLE AVENUE, NORTH SHORE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TQ
Received 25 Jan 2010FOUR WINDS, 2A SHIRLEY CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AA
Received 25 Jan 201041 HARRINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QE
Received 25 Jan 2010144 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HE
Received 25 Jan 2010136 GRANGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PG
Received 26 Jan 201049 EVEREST DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DJ
Received 27 Jan 2010PROMENADE WALKWAY ADJACENT TO PALATINE BUILDING, PROMENADE, FY1 4TQ
Received 27 Jan 201033 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DG
Received 26 Jan 201025 BARTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AP
Received 27 Jan 2010205 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6QG
Received 21 Jan 201042 EMPRESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SD
Received 29 Jan 201057 KENDAL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LG
Received 29 Jan 2010Records 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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