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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
23,777 approved · 3,910 refused · 1,146 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 RUNCORN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PS
Received 4 Nov 201527 KING EDWARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TA
Received 4 Nov 201524 CARLETON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7JN
Received 5 Nov 20155 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TA
Received 6 Nov 2015198 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QY
Received 6 Nov 20153 BELVERDALE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5NA
Received 9 Nov 201540 KENILWORTH GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JJ
Received 9 Nov 2015122 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NG
Received 9 Nov 201534 SUNNINGDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4HU
Received 10 Nov 20153-5 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BW
Received 10 Nov 20153-5 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BW
Received 10 Nov 2015107 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NE
Received 10 Nov 2015206 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LW
Received 12 Nov 2015117 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RS
Received 12 Nov 201526 MEADOW CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QX
Received 12 Nov 201537 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 13 Nov 2015195 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HQ
Received 16 Nov 2015195 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HQ
Received 16 Nov 201536 BURWOOD DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NS
Received 17 Nov 2015117 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QJ
Received 17 Nov 20151 RONA AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5PH
Received 18 Nov 2015110 BOLTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AA
Received 19 Nov 201537 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NS
Received 19 Nov 2015103 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 20 Nov 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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