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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
34,017 approved · 6,425 refused · 1,176 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Mar 1981 to 17 Oct 2028. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HOUNDS HILL CENTRE, CORONATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PA
Received 16 Oct 2023123 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EY
Received 17 Oct 2023FLAT 1, 52A CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1JP
Received 17 Oct 202364 LYDDESDALE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EJ
Received 17 Oct 2023LAND AT RYSCAR WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 17 Oct 202388 STADIUM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QB
Received 17 Oct 2023FORECOURT AT 333-337 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HZ
Received 17 Oct 2023174 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JN
Received 18 Oct 202352 Holmfield Road
Received 9 Aug 1990LAND BOUNDED BY CENTRAL DRIVE, NEW BONNY STREET, BONNY STREET, SEASIDERS WAY AND CHAPEL STREET , BLACKPOOL, FY1 5RL
Received 19 Oct 2023LAND AT THE JUNCTION OF TALBOT ROAD AND DEVONSHIRE ROAD (FORMER HOSPITAL SITE), BLACKPOOL, FY3 8AZ
Received 19 Oct 2023199 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TU
Received 23 Oct 2023201 WARREN DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3TQ
Received 23 Oct 202361 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BW
Received 23 Oct 2023184 West Park Drive
Received 10 Aug 1990THE WILLOWS, SANDY LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EQ
Received 24 Oct 2023384 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LB
Received 26 Oct 2023BLACKPOOL BOYS AND GIRLS TALBOT AND BRUNSWICK YOUTH CLUB AND SPORT BARN, VICTORY ROAD BLACKPOOL FY1 3HP
Received 26 Oct 2023LAND AT RYSCAR WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 26 Oct 2023ASHLEY VILLA NURSERIES, JUBILEE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EP
Received 26 Oct 2023ROSEWAY, ROBINS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QP
Received 30 Oct 2023187 SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EL
Received 30 Oct 202310 Wellington Road
Received 10 Aug 19909 MADISON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HE
Received 30 Oct 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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