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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.
18,929 approved · 2,972 refused · 1,101 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 COOP STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AJ
Received 23 Jul 201032 RUSLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SP
Received 23 Jul 2010SOUTH PIER, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BB
Received 26 Jul 20105 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AS
Received 26 Jul 2010179 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DL
Received 27 Jul 2010HILTON HOTEL, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JQ
Received 27 Jul 201041 BARCLAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HH
Received 27 Jul 201056 KNOWLE AVENUE, NORTH SHORE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UA
Received 27 Jul 201046 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AJ
Received 27 Jul 2010351 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RG
Received 27 Jul 2010125 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EE
Received 28 Jul 2010ASHLEY VILLA NURSERIES, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EP
Received 28 Jul 2010249 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8HF
Received 29 Jul 201040-46 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DH
Received 29 Jul 20102-4 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DA
Received 30 Jul 201038 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HR
Received 30 Jul 201053 WITHNELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HE
Received 2 Aug 201015 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AB
Received 2 Aug 2010144 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JN
Received 2 Aug 201018 ROCKVILLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3SF
Received 2 Aug 201024 TARRAGON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WJ
Received 3 Aug 2010392 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 3 Aug 2010ST CUTHBERTS PRIMARY SCHOOL, LIGHTWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AU
Received 3 Aug 2010LAND ADJACENT TO VICTORIA NURSERIES, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ER
Received 4 Aug 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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