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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Blackpool Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Blackpool website
23,589 approved · 3,867 refused · 1,146 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 1990 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LY
Received 6 Jul 2015CO-OPERATIVE SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RE
Received 7 Jul 201553 SOUTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PX
Received 8 Jul 2015ROYAL MAIL OFFICES, FARADAY WAY / HAWKING PLACE, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Jul 2015168-170 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BX
Received 9 Jul 20156 CLEATOR AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TZ
Received 9 Jul 201529 CHAPEL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AW
Received 10 Jul 201526-28 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 11 Jul 2015UNIT A2, BLACKPOOL BUSINESS PARK, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RP
Received 10 Jul 201577-81 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 13 Jul 201577-81 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 13 Jul 2015302 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QS
Received 13 Jul 201510-12 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RW
Received 13 Jul 201544 WOODFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AX
Received 15 Jul 201545-47 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NE
Received 15 Jul 201586 PALATINE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BY
Received 15 Jul 201583-91 MILBOURNE STREET & 78-80 ELIZABETH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3LW
Received 16 Jul 201511-13 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LB
Received 16 Jul 201524 NEVILLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BG
Received 16 Jul 201510 WINGATE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HE
Received 16 Jul 20152-4 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HH
Received 20 Jul 201581-91 MOOR PARK AVENUE & 210 BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LZ
Received 20 Jul 20152 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HG
Received 20 Jul 20152 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HG
Received 20 Jul 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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