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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.
19,035 approved · 2,987 refused · 1,107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DE
Received 26 Aug 2010CENTRAL CAR PARK, ADJACENT NEW BONNY STREET AND CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL
Received 31 Aug 2010121 EDGEWAY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QZ
Received 30 Aug 201057 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JJ
Received 31 Aug 2010LAND AT WESTSIDE OF EASTPARK DRIVE (OPPOSITE 12 EAST PARK DRIVE). BLACKPOOL
Received 31 Aug 201074 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HQ
Received 1 Sept 201046 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 2 Sept 20106-10 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LY
Received 31 Aug 2010669 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AE
Received 2 Sept 201028 SHETLAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LW
Received 31 Aug 201022 ALBION AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NA
Received 1 Sept 20104 KELSO AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EA
Received 1 Sept 2010275 WARBRECK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9LH
Received 1 Sept 2010140 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 1 Sept 20103 MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3DE
Received 1 Sept 2010326 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QS
Received 2 Sept 201034 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HJ
Received 2 Sept 2010106/106a LOFTOS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HA
Received 3 Sept 201092A LAYTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8ES
Received 3 Sept 201079 STADIUM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QA
Received 8 Sept 201031 BENSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HP
Received 8 Sept 2010106 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2RP
Received 8 Sept 2010THE SALVATION ARMY, BLACKPOOL CITADEL, RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EL
Received 9 Sept 2010THE SALVATION ARMY, BLACKPOOL CITADEL, RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EL
Received 9 Sept 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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