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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
24,819 approved · 4,170 refused · 1,148 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
3 TORONTO AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PB
Received 15 Dec 201640 ABERCORN PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RZ
Received 15 Dec 2016BOOCOCKS GLASS LTD, COLERIDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RP
Received 16 Dec 2016UNIT 3, REAR ECCLESTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6NH
Received 19 Dec 201652 SOUTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PY
Received 20 Dec 2016DAINTEE CONFECTIONERY, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QB
Received 6 Mar 1990351 NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3PG
Received 21 Dec 201696 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DE
Received 21 Dec 2016LAND ADJACENT TO 109 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HE
Received 22 Dec 2016104 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EY
Received 23 Dec 2016BISPHAM HOSPITAL REHABILITATION UNIT, RYSCAR WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0FN
Received 22 Dec 201641 EAVES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NH
Received 23 Dec 201666/66A ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AS
Received 6 Mar 1990418 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QT
Received 23 Dec 201614A WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HG
Received 3 Jan 201783 BEAUFORT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AG
Received 3 Jan 201754 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HY
Received 3 Jan 2017DOVES NEST COTTAGE, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EP
Received 3 Jan 2017LAND ADJACENT TO AFC BLACKPOOL, JEPSON WAY, BLACKPOOL FY4 5DY
Received 5 Jan 2017201 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3JA
Received 6 Jan 20174 ROSEBERY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LB
Received 6 Jan 2017276B ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QR
Received 9 Jan 2017117 Lytham Road
Received 6 Mar 1990MECCA BINGO, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3HJ
Received 9 Jan 2017Records 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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