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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
30,422 approved · 5,511 refused · 1,164 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Sept 1984 to 17 Oct 2028. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55-57 BANKS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BE
Received 16 Nov 20205 WREN GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PN
Received 13 Nov 202042 Montrose Avenue
Received 23 May 1990ST MICHAELS VICARAGE, CALVERT PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7RU
Received 16 Nov 2020170 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BL
Received 17 Nov 2020BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 17 Nov 2020BISPHAM HOSPITAL, RYSCAR WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0FN
Received 17 Nov 202016 FREEMANTLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SX
Received 17 Nov 2020313A VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LP
Received 18 Nov 2020LAND AT AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL FY4 2FF
Received 18 Nov 2020LAND AT AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2FF
Received 18 Nov 2020Land Rear Of 15/29 Kimberley Avenue
Received 23 May 1990FENNESSEY COTTAGE, WHITEHOLME ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HX
Received 19 Nov 202045 SALMESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PR
Received 20 Nov 202085 RIVINGTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9BU
Received 20 Nov 202043 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HQ
Received 23 Nov 2020207 SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NH
Received 23 Nov 20206 BRIGHT STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BS
Received 23 Nov 2020112 ENDSLEIGH GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3PN
Received 23 Nov 2020277 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PB
Received 24 Nov 202048 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JE
Received 25 Nov 2020Land Off Brinwell Road
Received 24 May 199055-61 ALBERT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PW
Received 24 Nov 2020LAND BOUNDED BY EAST TOPPING STREET, COOKSON STREET, KING STREET AND DEANSGATE, BLACKPOOL.
Received 25 Nov 2020Records 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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