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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
27,310 approved · 4,681 refused · 1,152 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Sept 1987 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
94 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9NJ
Received 15 Aug 201825 BURWOOD DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NS
Received 17 Aug 201826 VALENTIA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RW
Received 20 Aug 201824 HARRINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QE
Received 20 Aug 201833 WINDERMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BX
Received 20 Aug 2018ASHLEY VILLA NURSERIES, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EP
Received 20 Aug 2018452 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JQ
Received 20 Aug 2018452 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JQ
Received 20 Aug 2018279 Devonshire Road
Received 9 Apr 199064 PRESTON OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PL
Received 20 Aug 2018SITE OF THE FORMER KINGS CHRISTIAN CENTRE, WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JU
Received 20 Aug 2018402 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QT
Received 21 Aug 201891 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RS
Received 22 Aug 2018427 BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LN
Received 22 Aug 201814 ALL SAINTS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AL
Received 22 Aug 201868 -76 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QD
Received 22 Aug 2018IBBISON COURT DAY CENTRE, 1 IBBISON COURT, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4AU
Received 23 Aug 2018PALATINE LEISURE CENTRE, 207 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AP
Received 23 Aug 2018126 Fleetwood Road
Received 10 Apr 1990502 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JR
Received 24 Aug 2018SEASHELLS 146 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DZ
Received 28 Aug 201835 HORNCLIFFE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1LJ
Received 29 Aug 2018LAND AT THE JUNCTION OF COLERIDGE ROAD AND TALBOT ROAD BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NR
Received 30 Aug 201810-16 EXCHANGE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2DU
Received 30 Aug 2018Records 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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