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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.
18,308 approved · 2,887 refused · 1,079 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
199 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TS
Received 11 Feb 2010186 INVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RQ
Received 11 Feb 20101-5 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LG
Received 11 Feb 2010RAIKES HALL HOTEL, 16-18 LIVERPOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HE
Received 12 Feb 201029 HILL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DF
Received 15 Feb 2010CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PD
Received 15 Feb 201088 EGERTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NN
Received 15 Feb 2010123 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RW
Received 15 Feb 201034 MIDGELAND ROAD, (WALKERS HILL FARMOUSE) BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HA
Received 15 Feb 201040 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3DT
Received 16 Feb 201029 RIVERSWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PD
Received 16 Feb 2010125A CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HZ
Received 16 Feb 2010RYDAL MOUNT, ROBINS LANE, BLACKPOOL, POULTON-LE-FYLDE, FY6 7QP
Received 16 Feb 201015 POULTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LD
Received 17 Feb 2010157 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9ER
Received 18 Feb 2010FLAGSTAFF GARDENS (NORTH), PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 17 Feb 20107 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BT
Received 18 Feb 20105 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PN
Received 18 Feb 2010LAND AT BAGULEYS GARDEN CENTRE, MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HE
Received 22 Feb 2010262 EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RS
Received 19 Feb 201018-20 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RS
Received 19 Feb 2010BUILDING 2, THE WOODMAN CENTRE, 270 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ND
Received 19 Feb 201057 WITHNELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HE
Received 22 Feb 201012-13 CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EA
Received 22 Feb 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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