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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
31,929 approved · 5,853 refused · 1,165 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
281 BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JF
Received 12 Oct 202128 COLLINS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NS
Received 12 Oct 2021332A LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DP
Received 12 Oct 202161 Anchorsholme Lane East
Received 19 Jun 199029 MAIDA VALE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1NP
Received 13 Oct 2021MITCHAM BUSINESS CENTRE, MITCHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QN
Received 13 Oct 2021107 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NE
Received 13 Oct 2021128 NORCLIFFE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EW
Received 13 Oct 2021STATELY LODGE, 41 SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 14 Oct 2021ASDA STORES LTD (CAR PARK), 160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 14 Oct 2021ELLBROOK HOUSE, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QJ
Received 18 Oct 2021327-329 Dickson Road
Received 19 Jun 1990SHOWTIME MUSEUM, PALATINE BUILDINGS, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TQ
Received 19 Oct 2021LAND AT MOSS HOUSE ROAD, MARTON MOSS, BLACKPOOL
Received 19 Oct 2021585 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RG
Received 19 Oct 2021THE WOODMAN CENTRE, BUILDING 2, 260 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4ND
Received 20 Oct 202175 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NH
Received 20 Oct 202112 CATFORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SF
Received 20 Oct 20217 PATTERDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QT
Received 20 Oct 202125 SANDGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NG
Received 20 Oct 202187 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QP
Received 21 Oct 2021Chapel Street Market, Chapel Street
Received 19 Jun 1990161 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PQ
Received 22 Oct 202129 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 22 Oct 2021Records 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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