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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
30,739 approved · 5,594 refused · 1,164 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 May 1984 to 17 Oct 2028. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 FERNLEIGH CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HS
Received 29 Jan 2021324 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QH
Received 29 Jan 2021TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NG
Received 1 Feb 20218 GREENBRIAR CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7SA
Received 1 Feb 20217 ALEXANDRA ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BU
Received 29 Jan 202132 COOP STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AJ
Received 1 Feb 2021146 Ashfield Road
Received 29 May 199024 BROADWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HE
Received 2 Feb 2021GROSVENOR CASINO, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BB
Received 3 Feb 2021FORMER B & Q PLC, HOLYOAKE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BQ
Received 3 Feb 2021THE BEACH HOUSE, FESTIVAL HOUSE, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1AP
Received 4 Feb 202125 & 27 ENGLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JE
Received 4 Feb 202123 WIMBLEDON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SA
Received 4 Feb 20212 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QQ
Received 4 Feb 2021192 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LW
Received 4 Feb 202135 Courtfield Avenue
Received 29 May 199092-100 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EX
Received 5 Feb 2021TALBOT SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NG
Received 5 Feb 202128 TOPPING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AQ
Received 5 Feb 202119 ARDMORE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RU
Received 5 Feb 202126 BLEASDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QZ
Received 5 Feb 202147 CALDER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TX
Received 5 Feb 2021473 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JH
Received 5 Feb 202160 RAYMOND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0UB
Received 8 Feb 2021Records 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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