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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
33,557 approved · 6,316 refused · 1,173 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 KING GEORGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SN
Received 21 Jun 202343 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JD
Received 22 Jun 202386-88 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HB
Received 22 Jun 202358 BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NR
Received 22 Jun 202360 ROOKWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EX
Received 20 Jun 202334 GEORGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4JR
Received 20 Jun 20232 Honister Avenue
Received 3 Aug 1990MARTON MERE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, MYTHOP ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EA
Received 23 Jun 2023JD SPORTS GYM, VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XW
Received 26 Jun 20234 DALTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QF
Received 26 Jun 20233 VERMONT GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RL
Received 26 Jun 2023UNIT 1, DALTON COURT, FARADAY WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JH
Received 26 Jun 202311 CEDAR SQUARE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BP
Received 27 Jun 202313 KING EDWARD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TD
Received 16 Jun 202329 CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PU
Received 27 Jun 202353 Tyldesley Road
Received 3 Aug 199020 WINSFORD CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PT
Received 27 Jun 202326 LUTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3ED
Received 28 Jun 202377 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9DA
Received 29 Jun 202318-20 HESKETH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JX
Received 28 Jun 20231 LAYCOCK GATE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8BJ
Received 29 Jun 202360 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BW
Received 29 Jun 2023STANLEY PARK SKATE PARK, WEST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HU
Received 29 Jun 2023ST CUTHBERTS RC ACADMEY, LIGHTWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2AU
Received 3 Jul 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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