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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
32,647 approved · 6,007 refused · 1,167 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND NORTH OF DIVISION LANE BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 6 Jul 2022LITTLE BISPHAM TO BISPHAM & GYNN SQUARE TO COCKER SQUARE COAST PROTECTION SHEME
Received 6 Jul 202211 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PA
Received 7 Jul 202224 Foxdale Avenue
Received 4 Jul 199045-47 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NE
Received 7 Jul 2022141 - 143 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EX
Received 7 Jul 202289 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HZ
Received 7 Jul 202289 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HZ
Received 7 Jul 202214 RIBCHESTER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SD
Received 8 Jul 202238 BROOKDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RH
Received 8 Jul 2022WINTER GARDENS, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HW
Received 29 Aug 198650/52 Ashfield Road
Received 5 Jul 1990137 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LZ
Received 12 Jul 202211A CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JR
Received 13 Jul 202219 MOSSOM LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RJ
Received 13 Jul 202250 PIERSTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UX
Received 14 Jul 2022LANE ENDS HOTEL, 57 HAWES SIDE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AP
Received 14 Jul 2022359 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EP
Received 14 Jul 2022LAND BOUNDED BY EAST TOPPING STREET, COOKSON STREET, KING STREET AND DEANSGATE BLACKPOOL
Received 14 Jul 202255 HENSON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3LZ
Received 14 Jul 2022LAND ADJOINING 106 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HB
Received 5 Jul 199042 LEICESTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HL
Received 15 Jul 202226 MEADOW CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QX
Received 15 Jul 2022125 ALBERT ROAD & 33 SOUTH KING STREET , BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PW
Received 15 Jul 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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