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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.
18,575 approved · 2,918 refused · 1,088 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 SOUTH KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ND
Received 10 May 2010BLACKPOOL & FYLDE CIVILIAN DISABLED SOCIETY, ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AP
Received 10 May 201063 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LL
Received 11 May 201029 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1JY
Received 12 May 201083 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DA
Received 12 May 201083 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DA
Received 12 May 2010216 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HJ
Received 12 May 2010TYLDESLEY CONSERVATIVE CLUB, PALMER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JP
Received 13 May 2010NORBRECK PRIMARY SCHOOL, NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PD
Received 13 May 2010FORMER WORKSHOP TO REAR, 2 CLEVEDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NX
Received 14 May 2010110 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JW
Received 13 May 20106 WASHINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QB
Received 17 May 201020 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DN
Received 17 May 2010ST NICHOLAS C OF E SCHOOL, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 17 May 2010SITE OF FORMER NORBRECK CASTLE FILLING STATION, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 17 May 2010KINCRAIG PRIMARY & JUNIOR SCHOOL, KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HN
Received 14 May 2010LAND AT BACK LORD STREET (REAR OF 51-61 LORD STREET), BLACKPOOL
Received 20 May 201010 HARROW PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RP
Received 18 May 201042 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EX
Received 19 May 201011 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EQ
Received 19 May 201025 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LL
Received 20 May 2010106 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RP
Received 19 May 2010106 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RP
Received 19 May 201046-50 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DY
Received 19 May 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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