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Blackpool Borough Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Blackpool Borough Council decided more than 390 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 14% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 55 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Blackpool Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Blackpool Borough Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Blackpool Borough Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 390
Share refusedof those approved or refused 14%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 55 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 12%of more than 120 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years 99
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 28%about one in four
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 52plan adopted 2016

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Blackpool Borough Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issues are: • whether the proposal accords with the sequential approach for main town centre uses having regard to national and local policy; • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area; •…”

    Dismissed, 2026

  • “The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the host building and the surrounding area.”

    Allowed, 2026

  • “The Council’s decision notice includes three reasons for refusal. However, upon review I consider the second reason for refusal includes two issues and thus I have separated this reason into two separate main issues. As such, the main issues are…”

    Dismissed, 2024

  • “The main issues in the appeal are: 1) The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of Marton Moss. 2) Whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location having regard to the health and regeneration…”

    Allowed, 2023

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposals on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Allowed, 2023

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.