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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
33,007 approved · 6,136 refused · 1,170 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Mar 1982 to 17 Oct 2028. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 KENTMERE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4TN
Received 12 Oct 202231 KELVIN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AF
Received 12 Oct 20222 THE KNOWLE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RY
Received 13 Oct 2022CLIFF VIEW, ROBINS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QN
Received 13 Oct 202277 SALMESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0PR
Received 13 Oct 2022290 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AZ
Received 13 Oct 202231 REDWOOD BOULEVARD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5GS
Received 14 Oct 202229 STADIUM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QA
Received 14 Oct 202254-56 Lytham Road
Received 11 Jul 19904 KNOWLE AVENUE, NORTH SHORE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RR
Received 14 Oct 2022225 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5LW
Received 17 Oct 2022459 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LB
Received 17 Oct 202216 MURCHISON GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RA
Received 17 Oct 2022476 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JF
Received 18 Oct 2022RETAIL PARK AT CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4TH
Received 18 Oct 20222 Hawthorn Road
Received 11 Jul 199062 COWLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NE
Received 18 Oct 2022HOLIDAY INN, (FORMERLY WILKINSONS SITE) TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LF
Received 19 Oct 202216 KINGSCOTE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8HB
Received 19 Oct 20221 LINCOLN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HA
Received 19 Oct 2022TOWER FESTIVAL HEADLAND, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1AP
Received 19 Oct 20223 Charnley Road
Received 11 Jul 199011 SANDHILLS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QQ
Received 20 Oct 2022459 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LB
Received 21 Oct 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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