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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
32,320 approved · 5,933 refused · 1,166 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Dec 1982 to 17 Oct 2028. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
115 MANSFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7HZ
Received 12 Apr 20223 KING GEORGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SN
Received 12 Apr 202283 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JE
Received 13 Apr 20229 BANKS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RN
Received 13 Apr 2022UNITS B AND C, BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, AMY JOHNSON WAY BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AW
Received 13 Apr 2022306 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AD
Received 13 Apr 202275 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NH
Received 14 Apr 2022149 Clifton Drive
Received 28 Jun 1990WOODLANDS SCHOOL, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 14 Apr 202266-68 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JF
Received 19 Apr 2022174 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JN
Received 19 Apr 2022182 INVER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RQ
Received 19 Apr 2022BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BD
Received 19 Apr 2022LAND AT 157 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9ER
Received 19 Apr 202215 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3DT
Received 19 Apr 20226a Dean Street
Received 29 Jun 1990LAND ADJACENT 39 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 20 Apr 2022PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 17-19 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AA
Received 21 Apr 2022PATH ADJACENT 70 TYLDESLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DF
Received 21 Apr 202239 HOLLY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2SF
Received 21 Apr 202253 ARGYLL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TG
Received 21 Apr 202265 Rosedale Avenue
Received 29 Jun 1990ENTRANCE TO BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 Apr 202260 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HR
Received 22 Apr 2022Records 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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