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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
31,580 approved · 5,765 refused · 1,165 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
311 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PF
Received 26 Jul 20215 WALTHAM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NQ
Received 27 Jul 202117 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 27 Jul 202129 BOOME STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JX
Received 27 Jul 202129 BOOME STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JX
Received 27 Jul 202116 SEABOURNE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EH
Received 28 Jul 2021122 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HT
Received 28 Jul 202154-58 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RP
Received 13 Jun 199032 WINSFORD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PT
Received 28 Jul 20214 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DN
Received 28 Jul 2021LAND AT COMMON EDGE ROAD, MARTON FOLD, BLACKPOOL.
Received 29 Jul 2021PATHWAY ADJACENT 28-30 ONSLOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 29 Jul 2021PATHWAY ON DINMORE AVENUE OPPOSITE PROGRESS COURT, BLACKPOOL
Received 29 Jul 2021PATHWAY TO THE SIDE OF 479 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL
Received 29 Jul 2021LAND AT JUNCTION OF QUAYLE AVENUE AND POWELL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 29 Jul 2021PATHWAY TO SIDE OF 476 LYTHAM ROAD AND BROADWAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 29 Jul 2021352 COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 30 Jul 202144 Hornby Road
Received 13 Jun 199047 TARRAGON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0WL
Received 30 Jul 202190 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AY
Received 30 Jul 20217 ATHLONE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UY
Received 2 Aug 202122 SPRINGBROOK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3SN
Received 2 Aug 2021METHODIST CHURCH SPRINGFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1PZ
Received 2 Aug 2021105 Ingleway Avenue
Received 13 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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