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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
32,546 approved · 5,990 refused · 1,167 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 DEANSGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BN
Received 13 Jun 2022BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB LTD, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JJ
Received 13 Jun 202258-60 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QJ
Received 14 Jun 20226 WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NP
Received 15 Jun 2022Unit 21 Ocean Boulevard, 531 Promenade
Received 4 Jul 199042 KING EDWARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TA
Received 15 Jun 2022FLAGSTAFF GARDENS, OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 16 Jun 2022MAYFIELD, KITTY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EG
Received 16 Jun 2022SITE A: LAND AT JUNCTION OF CHEPSTOW PLACE AND GATESIDE DRIVE; SITE B - LAND OFF DINMORE AVENUE TO WEST OF THE GRANGE AND SOUTH OF BOUNDARY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Received 17 Jun 202261 HEMINGWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3DR
Received 17 Jun 2022CLIFF VIEW, ROBINS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QN
Received 17 Jun 2022Trinity Hospice, Low Moor Road
Received 2 Jul 1990MEXFORD HOUSE, MEXFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0UY
Received 20 Jun 202234 SALMESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PR
Received 21 Jun 2022137 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LZ
Received 22 Jun 2022FORMER EVANS HALSHAW CAR SHOWROOM, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TN
Received 22 Jun 2022PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 81 ANSDELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6PX
Received 22 Jun 2022LAND AT 2C BALL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6HL
Received 23 Jun 202236 WINCHCOMBE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HJ
Received 23 Jun 2022STANLEY PARK ALL WEATHER PITCH, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 24 Jun 2022595-601 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1NG
Received 24 Jun 202297/99 Lord Street
Received 4 Jul 1990495-497 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BA
Received 27 Jun 2022LAND OFF DEERHURST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HG
Received 27 Jun 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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