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Blackpool

In the last 12 months, 83.1% of full planning applications were approved in Blackpool (225 decided). A typical decision takes about nine weeks (median 66 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-25–2026-05-19): 83.2% of 1,575 decisions approved.

1,915Total applications
1,310Approved
265Refused
98Withdrawn
79Pending
83.2%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
1,906Development Control Committee
4Not Available
3Delegated
2DELEGATED DECISION FROM COMMITTEE
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 896 709 187
79.1%
Discharge of Conditions 160 158 2
98.8%
Advertisement Consent 112 89 23
79.5%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 105 83 22
79.0%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 60 54 6
90.0%
Prior Approval (Other) 54 50 4
92.6%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 43 35 8
81.4%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 32 31 1
96.9%
Class H (E to C3) 25 24 1
96.0%
Listed Building Consent 24 24 0
100.0%
Demolition 13 11 2
84.6%
Telecommunications 11 8 3
72.7%
Tree Works (TPO) 9 8 1
88.9%
Reserved Matters 8 8 0
100.0%
Part 3 Classes M and N 8 7 1
87.5%
Outline Planning 5 4 1
80.0%
Permission in Principle 5 2 3
40.0%
Not Available 3 3 0
100.0%
PA PT 3 CLASSES S &T, PT4 CLASS CA 1 1 0
100.0%
Householder (Prior Approval) 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 124 100
80.6%
2023-Q4 143 112
78.3%
2024-Q1 127 107
84.3%
2024-Q2 122 104
85.2%
2024-Q3 131 119
90.8%
2024-Q4 121 87
71.9%
2025-Q1 107 89
83.2%
2025-Q2 142 115
81.0%
2025-Q3 143 125
87.4%
2025-Q4 102 91
89.2%
2026-Q1 117 99
84.6%
2026-Q2 30 25
83.3%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Talbot 267 220 47
82.4%
Stanley 122 100 22
82.0%
Bloomfield 115 91 24
79.1%
Marton 88 70 18
79.5%
Warbreck 87 81 6
93.1%
Waterloo 78 57 21
73.1%
Claremont 70 60 10
85.7%
Squires Gate 69 55 14
79.7%
Bispham 69 63 6
91.3%
Clifton 68 59 9
86.8%
Park 66 58 8
87.9%
Norbreck 66 57 9
86.4%
Planning guides

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