Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
18,392 approved · 2,897 refused · 1,081 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
16 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LY
Received 4 Mar 20108 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AB
Received 4 Mar 201019 LOWFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BJ
Received 4 Mar 201027 NORMANDIE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LE
Received 4 Mar 2010HARRY FEENEY TOYOTA, 251 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XL
Received 4 Mar 2010LAND AT FOX INDUSTRIAL ESTATE (ADJOINING UNITS 7/7A ), HOLYOAKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QX
Received 4 Mar 2010107 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PW
Received 5 Mar 20106 WASHINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QB
Received 8 Mar 2010228 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NL
Received 5 Mar 2010122 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JW
Received 8 Mar 201035 VILLAGE WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AH
Received 8 Mar 2010200 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AD
Received 8 Mar 201091-93 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DG
Received 10 Mar 201021-25 YORKSHIRE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BG
Received 11 Mar 201030 GOSFORTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UB
Received 11 Mar 20104 BENNETT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DP
Received 11 Mar 201067 BELVERE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LW
Received 11 Mar 20102 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HP
Received 12 Mar 2010SITE OF 50 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SX
Received 12 Mar 2010216 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HJ
Received 12 Mar 201093 ST MARTINS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DZ
Received 15 Mar 201020 BOSTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9BZ
Received 15 Mar 20108 CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BP
Received 15 Mar 20107 STONECHAT CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8FN
Received 16 Mar 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage