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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
23,848 approved · 3,930 refused · 1,146 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7-15 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HJ
Received 18 Dec 20157-15 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HJ
Received 18 Dec 2015BLACKPOOL ZOO, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PP
Received 21 Dec 201523 ORCHARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NX
Received 21 Dec 2015SOUTHGATE, BENNETTS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5BE
Received 21 Dec 2015WAYSIDE NURSERIES, KITTY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EG
Received 22 Dec 2015114-116 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PN
Received 22 Dec 2015118-120 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PN
Received 22 Dec 20159 SANDERSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XL
Received 22 Dec 201533 CHURCH STREET (GRAND THEATRE), BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT
Received 22 Dec 20151 PARKINSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AZ
Received 22 Dec 201518-22 VICTORIA STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RW
Received 23 Dec 2015199-201 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DL
Received 23 Dec 201515 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1JD
Received 23 Dec 201534-36 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EW
Received 4 Jan 2016354 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 4 Jan 2016336 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 6 Jan 2016OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION RC SCHOOL, COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DF
Received 6 Jan 201633 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EG
Received 6 Jan 20167 COOKSON STREET & 7 CHARLES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EG
Received 7 Jan 201618 CHERRYWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SU
Received 7 Jan 201614 ELIZABETH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3JD
Received 11 Jan 2016BLACKPOOL MODEL VILLAGE, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9RB
Received 11 Jan 201623 FORDWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8HD
Received 11 Jan 2016Records 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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