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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
27,847 approved · 4,826 refused · 1,152 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68-70 FOXHALL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BL
Received 28 Jan 20199 Grange Road
Received 18 Apr 1990MARTON CP SCHOOL, WHERNSIDE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LY
Received 28 Jan 201923 SPRINGBROOK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3SN
Received 29 Jan 201917-19 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 29 Jan 20199 DAGGERS HALL LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AY
Received 31 Jan 2019113 KIPLING DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9UF
Received 31 Jan 2019MOLLOYS, 23 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LB
Received 1 Feb 201949 Maitland Avenue
Received 18 Apr 199015 FREEMANTLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SX
Received 4 Feb 201922 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AQ
Received 6 Feb 201955 COLLINGWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8DE
Received 6 Feb 2019237 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AH
Received 6 Feb 201920-22 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DU
Received 6 Feb 20192 BEECHWOOD GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DZ
Received 7 Feb 2019119 KIPLING DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9UF
Received 8 Feb 201936 Lawson Road
Received 19 Apr 19903A-3B TRIDENT BUSINESS CENTRE, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RP
Received 8 Feb 2019THE SANDS VENUE PALATINE BUILDINGS, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TQ
Received 8 Feb 2019501-507 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BA
Received 8 Feb 201918 ASHWELL PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QS
Received 8 Feb 201945 MONTPELIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EJ
Received 11 Feb 2019328-330 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QH
Received 11 Feb 2019211 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4JA
Received 11 Feb 2019Records 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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