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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.
19,821 approved · 3,109 refused · 1,123 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
196-198 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EB
Received 6 Apr 201133 CANTERBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PT
Received 7 Apr 20116 ONSLOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DF
Received 5 Apr 201122 WESTFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LU
Received 8 Apr 2011186 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QY
Received 8 Apr 20116 SALWICK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9BT
Received 8 Apr 2011343 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AG
Received 11 Apr 201116 ROXBURGH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NU
Received 12 Apr 2011163-165 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EA
Received 11 Apr 201195-99 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RS
Received 11 Apr 2011154 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NG
Received 11 Apr 2011465 - 467 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JP
Received 11 Apr 2011Bk Hampton Road
Received 8 Feb 199694 ST HELIERS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JD
Received 11 Apr 2011339-341 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HJ
Received 12 Apr 2011339-341 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HJ
Received 12 Apr 2011214 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AD
Received 12 Apr 2011214 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AD
Received 12 Apr 201153 KYLEMORE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SA
Received 12 Apr 2011142 WESTMORLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QW
Received 14 Apr 20118 STADIUM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QB
Received 14 Apr 2011LAND ADJACENT TO 51 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JD
Received 14 Apr 2011LAND BOUNDED BY TOWER STREET, ADELAIDE STREET AND CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4SH
Received 14 Apr 2011REAR OF 2-10 WHITEGATE DRIVE (Devonshire Works), BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AQ
Received 14 Apr 2011Records 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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