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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.
18,820 approved · 2,951 refused · 1,095 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Aug 1995 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BLACKPOOL CENTRAL LIBRARY, QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1PX
Received 5 Jul 2010LAND OFF RYSCAR WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0GH
Received 5 Jul 2010WATERLOO HEADLAND, PROMENADE WEST OF TRAM TRACKS BETWEEN BRITANNIA PLACE AND RAWCLIFFE STREET, BLACKPOOL.
Received 5 Jul 2010168-170 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EE
Received 5 Jul 2010STANLEY PARK, SOUTH OF BOATING LAKE, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 5 Jul 201030 KIMBERLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2LS
Received 5 Jul 2010HIGHFIELD HUMANITIES COLLEGE, HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3JZ
Received 5 Jul 2010ST MARYS CATHOLIC COLLEGE, ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EQ
Received 6 Jul 201014 WHARFEDALE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AN
Received 5 Jul 201015 MILBOURNE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3ER
Received 6 Jul 2010BULL HOTEL, 17 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AD
Received 6 Jul 201045-49 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DS
Received 6 Jul 2010BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 6 Jul 201041 POULTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LB
Received 7 Jul 20105 ERDINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EG
Received 7 Jul 2010ST NICHOLAS C OF E SCHOOL, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 8 Jul 201022-24 EASINGTON CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7RD
Received 7 Jul 2010144 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HE
Received 8 Jul 2010FOOTPATH ADJACENT THE DINMORE PUBLIC HOUSE, DINMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7QW
Received 8 Jul 2010150-152 GRANGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PG
Received 8 Jul 201035 WINDERMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BX
Received 9 Jul 201020 HOLBECK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LS
Received 9 Jul 2010ORCHARD LODGE NURSING HOME, 601-603 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RG
Received 9 Jul 20101 HEADFORT CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RX
Received 12 Jul 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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