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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.
19,329 approved · 3,047 refused · 1,116 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22-30 PLEASANT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HU
Received 19 Nov 201077-81 and 85 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 22 Nov 201077-81 and 85 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 22 Nov 2010WINTER GARDENS, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HW
Received 22 Nov 201057 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HD
Received 22 Nov 2010FORMER MARTON LIBRARY, 390 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 19 Nov 201018 BOURNEMOUTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LP
Received 22 Nov 2010423 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QN
Received 23 Nov 201066-68 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JF
Received 23 Nov 2010225 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TS
Received 23 Nov 2010186 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QY
Received 24 Nov 2010190 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JD
Received 23 Nov 2010KINCRAIG PRIMARY & JUNIOR SCHOOL, KINCRAIG ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HN
Received 25 Nov 201015 LUDLOW GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PZ
Received 24 Nov 2010PLAYDAYS NURSERY, 1 SALTHOUSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EN
Received 25 Nov 2010111 MARTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3EX
Received 25 Nov 2010133 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EG
Received 26 Nov 201029 BOOME STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JX
Received 26 Nov 201046B GRASMERE ROAD & 26 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 26 Nov 2010182-184 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DJ
Received 29 Nov 2010LAND AT FERNBANK, (MORETON GRANGE) DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 26 Nov 20107 CLIFTON CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NQ
Received 29 Nov 2010200 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LW
Received 29 Nov 2010SITE OF 50 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SX
Received 29 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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