As a licensing authority, Blackpool Council is required to produce policies for various types of licences:

Current policies

• Licensing policy 2021
• Cumulative impact assessment 2021
• Gambling Act 2005 statement of policy and principles 2019 to 2022
• Hackney carriage and private hire licensing policy
• Horse drawn hackney carriage policy
• House to house collection policy
• Street collection policy
• Sex establishments policy
• Street cafe licence policy (Promenade)
• Street cafe licence policy (not on Promenade)
• Pavement licence policy (Business and Planning Act 2020)
• Policy on the use of the National Register of Taxi Licence Revocation and Refusals (NR3)
• Blackpool town centre busking and street performance policy 2025