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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
31,372 approved · 5,725 refused · 1,165 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Oct 1983 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HIGHFURLONG SCHOOL, BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LR
Received 14 Jun 202192 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QW
Received 14 Jun 2021126 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NG
Received 15 Jun 2021The Lodge, Filey Place
Received 11 Jun 1990126 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NG
Received 14 Jun 2021219 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TU
Received 15 Jun 2021269 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JA
Received 15 Jun 20219 MAIDA VALE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NP
Received 15 Jun 2021LAND AT MOSS HOUSE ROAD, MARTON MOSS, BLACKPOOL
Received 16 Jun 2021IMPERIAL HOTEL, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HB
Received 16 Jun 202110 PENNYSTONE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HL
Received 15 Jun 202115 WILSON SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RF
Received 16 Jun 202115 WILSON SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RF
Received 16 Jun 202132 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DY
Received 17 Jun 2021410 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7AY
Received 27 Aug 19864 Warbreck Hill Road
Received 11 Jun 19901 CUMBERLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5QL
Received 18 Jun 2021184 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BL
Received 18 Jun 2021ARMFIELD ACADEMY 488A LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JG
Received 21 Jun 2021221 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HW
Received 21 Jun 2021595-601 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NG
Received 21 Jun 2021GROSVENOR CASINO, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BB
Received 22 Jun 202137 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 22 Jun 2021Norbreck Filling Station, Queens Promenade
Received 11 Jun 1990Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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