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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.
18,262 approved · 2,879 refused · 1,072 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BT
Received 29 Jan 20108 SHAW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HB
Received 29 Jan 2010BLACKPOOL REFORM JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, 40 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EX
Received 1 Feb 2010280 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HQ
Received 1 Feb 201065 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JQ
Received 1 Feb 201046 LOCKERBIE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EW
Received 1 Feb 2010CHERRY TREE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PX
Received 1 Feb 201019 LORD STREET & 42 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BD
Received 2 Feb 2010218-226 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 2 Feb 2010218-226 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JS
Received 2 Feb 2010BOWERY NURSERIES, JUBILEE LANE NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5FF
Received 2 Feb 201019-21 KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EJ
Received 2 Feb 201049 ABBOTSFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RX
Received 3 Feb 201028 MONTPELIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AE
Received 3 Feb 20101 RUTHERFORD PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SL
Received 3 Feb 2010BAINES ENDOWED C OF E SCHOOL, PENROSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4DJ
Received 3 Feb 2010105 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NE
Received 4 Feb 2010106 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EY
Received 4 Feb 201021 BARTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AP
Received 5 Feb 201072 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QD
Received 8 Feb 2010STANLEY PARK, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 8 Feb 2010REAR OF 130 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AT
Received 10 Feb 2010LAND AT PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QX
Received 10 Feb 2010BISPHAM HIGH SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NH
Received 10 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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