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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
25,070 approved · 4,246 refused · 1,149 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Mar 1989 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
209 Dickson Road
Received 12 Mar 1990TELEPHONE KIOSK ADJACENT 82-84 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PX
Received 6 Apr 2017TELEPHONE KIOSK ADJACENT TO 73-77 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LL
Received 6 Apr 2017TELEPHONE KIOSK ADJACENT 282-284 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EX
Received 6 Apr 2017TELEPHONE KIOSK ADJACENT K F C, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RY
Received 6 Apr 2017TELEPHONE KIOSK ADJACENT CORAL ISLAND, NEW BONNY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TQ
Received 6 Apr 201745 IVY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QF
Received 13 Apr 2017TRINITY THE HOSPICE IN THE FYLDE, LOW MOOR ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BG
Received 7 Apr 201711 ST MICHAELS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LD
Received 7 Apr 20173 MURCHISON GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RA
Received 18 Apr 2017LIDL FOOD STORE, 127 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AX
Received 7 Apr 201753 Albert Road
Received 12 Mar 1990420 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 10 Apr 201718 DEERHURST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HG
Received 10 Apr 2017101-103 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 10 Apr 2017SITE OF WILKINSON'S STORE, BOUNDED BY QUEEN STREET, HIGH STREET, TALBOT ROAD AND DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LF
Received 11 Apr 20171A COOPERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RJ
Received 12 Apr 201713 ACRE GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LE
Received 12 Apr 201750 OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HQ
Received 12 Apr 2017111 Red Bank Road
Received 12 Mar 199017 HILLCREST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QT
Received 12 Apr 201749 WALPOLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SE
Received 12 Apr 2017120 NEWHOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JN
Received 13 Apr 2017PARK SCHOOL, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 13 Apr 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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