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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.
19,371 approved · 3,053 refused · 1,117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 LAKEWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PF
Received 30 Nov 2010THE HOMESTEAD, DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 30 Nov 2010LAND TO REAR OF ONSLOW ROAD & MELROSE AVENUE
Received 30 Nov 2010160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 30 Nov 2010LAND REAR OF 2-8 BRIERCLIFFE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LY
Received 1 Dec 201063 ROSEACRE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PL
Received 1 Dec 2010273-275 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AJ
Received 3 Dec 20102 LAKEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3ET
Received 2 Dec 20106 ELSWICK PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QU
Received 6 Dec 20104 DERWENT PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HA
Received 6 Dec 201095 WITHNELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HE
Received 2 Dec 20106-8 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DA
Received 6 Dec 201020-22 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DU
Received 3 Dec 201029-31 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HJ
Received 6 Dec 201066 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HQ
Received 6 Dec 201074 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HQ
Received 7 Dec 201046 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 6 Dec 201045 CLOVELLY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RU
Received 8 Dec 2010FORMER BELLE VUE GARAGE, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DQ
Received 8 Dec 2010160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 9 Dec 2010ROYAL HOTEL, MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EU
Received 9 Dec 201016 MAPLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BJ
Received 10 Dec 201047 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 9 Dec 2010137-139 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HG
Received 10 Dec 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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