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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.
19,080 approved · 3,001 refused · 1,109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CORNER OF SPRINGFIELD ROAD AND HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Sept 2010BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 10 Sept 201095 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UZ
Received 10 Sept 201030 WALTHAM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NQ
Received 13 Sept 201046B GRASMERE ROAD & 26 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 13 Sept 2010BLACKPOOL NO 1 WORKING MENS CLUB, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JL
Received 13 Sept 2010233 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DJ
Received 16 Sept 20106 DALEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BT
Received 15 Sept 2010721 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SY
Received 15 Sept 2010WINTER GARDENS, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HW
Received 20 Sept 2010WINTER GARDENS, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HW
Received 20 Sept 2010LAND TO REAR OF 247 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8HF
Received 16 Sept 2010619 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AR
Received 16 Sept 2010106 IVY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QG
Received 17 Sept 201068 GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5PN
Received 16 Sept 201029-37 RAWCLIFFE STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 17 Sept 2010PLAYDAYS NURSERY, 1 SALTHOUSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EN
Received 15 Sept 2010QUEENS HOTEL, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AZ
Received 17 Sept 2010CRICKET OVAL (ADJACENT MODEL VILLAGE), STANLEY PARK, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 17 Sept 20108 DEANSGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BN
Received 17 Sept 2010GROUND FLOOR, 226 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NL
Received 17 Sept 2010SITE OF FORMER BELLE VUE GARAGE, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DQ
Received 20 Sept 201016 ST STEPHENS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RG
Received 20 Sept 201026 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AG
Received 20 Sept 2010Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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