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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.
19,283 approved · 3,039 refused · 1,115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HP
Received 9 Nov 2010BOND STREET OPPOSITE THE CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL
Received 5 Nov 2010WINSTONE HOUSE, 199 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3TG
Received 8 Nov 201025 NORMANDIE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LE
Received 10 Nov 2010ADMIRAL HEIGHTS, ADMIRAL VIEW AND ADMIRAL POINT, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Nov 2010ADMIRAL HEIGHTS, ADMIRAL VIEW AND ADMIRAL POINT, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Nov 2010ST BERNADETTES RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AJ
Received 9 Nov 2010WINTER GARDENS, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HW
Received 9 Nov 2010WINTER GARDENS, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HW
Received 9 Nov 2010148 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EE
Received 8 Nov 201037 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT
Received 10 Nov 2010DE VERE HOTEL, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LL
Received 8 Nov 2010UNIT A2, BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL
Received 10 Nov 2010196 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LW
Received 11 Nov 201084 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 11 Nov 2010CENTRAL CAR PARK, CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL
Received 15 Nov 2010BLACKPOOL ZOO PARK, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PP
Received 15 Nov 201031 COCKER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BZ
Received 15 Nov 201092 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QF
Received 15 Nov 2010Unit 1, 11B STATION ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BE
Received 16 Nov 201031 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EG
Received 17 Nov 201031 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EG
Received 17 Nov 20103 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BT
Received 19 Nov 201014 DUCHESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9PQ
Received 19 Nov 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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