Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
24,819 approved · 4,170 refused · 1,148 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 May 1989 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
WINDMILL SERVICE STATION, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XQ
Received 12 Jan 2017LAND ADJACENT TO 15 MORLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EP
Received 11 Jan 20171 ASHWORTH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LP
Received 12 Jan 201792 LUTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RS
Received 12 Jan 201714 CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QA
Received 13 Jan 201762 Shaw Road
Received 6 Mar 1990138 STONY HILL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PW
Received 6 Jan 2017TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, TORSWAY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JX
Received 16 Jan 2017112 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QS
Received 16 Jan 201782 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4DE
Received 17 Jan 201719 CARISBROOKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DA
Received 17 Jan 201798 Common Edge Road
Received 6 Mar 1990352-358 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 17 Jan 2017406-408 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AY
Received 18 Jan 201711 KINROSS CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PE
Received 18 Jan 2017THE STABLE, REAR OF 71 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 19 Jan 201729 COCKER STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BZ
Received 19 Jan 20172 STONEWAY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AU
Received 23 Jan 2017296-300 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EY
Received 20 Jan 2017296-300 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2EY
Received 20 Jan 2017GOLDEN MILE CENTRE, 25-43 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 23 Jan 2017103 CONDOR GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QY
Received 23 Jan 201758 Harcourt Road
Received 6 Mar 1990RUSCOTE, SIXTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2ER
Received 23 Jan 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage