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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.
19,795 approved · 3,104 refused · 1,123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
REVOE CP SCHOOL, GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HP
Received 25 Mar 2011245 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NJ
Received 25 Mar 20112 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TQ
Received 22 Mar 201160 ABBOTSFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RY
Received 28 Mar 201143-45 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT
Received 29 Mar 201136 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AU
Received 29 Mar 201110 THE KNOWLE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RY
Received 29 Mar 201166-70 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8EP
Received 29 Mar 201128 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 31 Mar 2011PLAY FOOTBALL, GARSTANG ROAD WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JH
Received 29 Mar 201115 GREENBRIAR CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7SA
Received 31 Mar 2011340 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 23 Mar 2011LAND AT FORMER SITE OF 21-29 THE STRAND (TO REAR OF 23-29 SPRINGFIELD ROAD/4-12 QUEEN STREET/156-166 PROMENADE), BLACKPOOL, FY1 1QT
Received 1 Apr 2011LAND AT 47-49 PORTLAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ED
Received 4 Apr 2011LAND AT WHYNDYKE FARM, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Apr 201113-17 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AX
Received 4 Apr 201113-17 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AX
Received 4 Apr 2011505 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5ED
Received 5 Apr 2011159 ST WALBURGAS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EY
Received 5 Apr 2011141 HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DL
Received 6 Apr 2011NEWFIELDS, DICKIES LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LG
Received 4 Apr 201122 MELROSE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7ES
Received 6 Apr 20113-5 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AS
Received 7 Apr 201177 ALEXANDRA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HW
Received 6 Apr 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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