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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
33,271 approved · 6,217 refused · 1,172 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Dec 1981 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Marton Filling Station, Preston New Road
Received 20 Jul 199024-26 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RS
Received 3 Feb 20234 COTTESMORE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8SB
Received 3 Feb 202370 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 6 Feb 20236 HOWE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HG
Received 6 Feb 202320 HOWE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HG
Received 6 Feb 20235 QUAYLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HD
Received 6 Feb 202316 BEAN AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HF
Received 6 Feb 2023286-292 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EY
Received 6 Feb 202368 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 6 Feb 20231, 1A, 1B AND 1C CHARNLEY ROAD & 80 AND 80A CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QE
Received 7 Feb 202310 Milton Avenue
Received 20 Jul 19904 WIMBOURNE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PD
Received 7 Feb 2023333 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RA
Received 8 Feb 2023166 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JD
Received 8 Feb 2023210 WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9LW
Received 8 Feb 202314 EMPRESS DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SE
Received 8 Feb 2023DERRYN, SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EL
Received 10 Feb 202349 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 9 Feb 2023HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE, BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JG
Received 10 Feb 20238 Stainforth Avenue
Received 20 Jul 1990LAND BOUNDED BY CENTRAL DRIVE, NEW BONNY STREET, BONNY STREET, SEASIDERS WAY AND CHAPEL STREET , BLACKPOOL, FY1 5RL
Received 10 Feb 2023111 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RS
Received 14 Feb 2023236 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HA
Received 14 Feb 2023Records 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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