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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.
19,694 approved · 3,090 refused · 1,123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AB
Received 2 Mar 201154 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BA
Received 1 Mar 20113 SOMERSET AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QU
Received 2 Mar 201144 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HR
Received 7 Mar 20119-19 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DG
Received 3 Mar 20116-10 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LY
Received 4 Mar 201137 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NS
Received 4 Mar 2011LAND ADJACENT TO BLACKPOOL TRADE CENTRE, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QX
Received 4 Mar 201125 GALWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LL
Received 4 Mar 2011ASHLEY VILLA NURSERIES, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EP
Received 4 Mar 2011CURRYS LTD, BLACKPOOL BUSINESS PARK, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AW
Received 7 Mar 201141 HARRINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QE
Received 7 Mar 201112 SOUTH PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3NP
Received 7 Mar 2011BLACKPOOL SPORTS ARENA, STANLEY PARK, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HQ
Received 8 Mar 20113 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JQ
Received 8 Mar 2011LYNDENE HOTEL, 303-315 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AN
Received 8 Mar 2011UNIT A, BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RN
Received 8 Mar 2011WINTER GARDENS, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HW
Received 8 Mar 2011LAND ADJACENT TO LAYTON STATION, DEPOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Mar 201114 SEATTLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PW
Received 11 Mar 2011292-294 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AG
Received 11 Mar 2011111A PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NE
Received 11 Mar 2011GLEDHILL BUILDING PRODUCTS, SYCAMORE TRADING ESTATE, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RL
Received 11 Mar 2011CLAREMONT JUNIOR & INFANT SCHOOL, WESTMINSTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QE
Received 14 Mar 2011Records 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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