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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
34,217 approved · 6,469 refused · 1,177 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
(FORMER GRANGE PARK HOUSING OFFICE) 67 CHEPSTOW ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 27 Dec 2023GLENROYD MEDICAL CENTRE, 164 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 2 Jan 202477 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TT
Received 3 Jan 2024404 - 406 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LB
Received 5 Jan 202415 KINGSWAY, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1DL
Received 9 Jan 2024LAND AT WARREN DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3TG
Received 8 Jan 202420 Whinney Heys Road
Received 15 Aug 1990231-233 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PB
Received 9 Jan 2024709 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SY
Received 12 Jan 202427 BOSWORTH PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SH
Received 15 Jan 2024114 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DZ
Received 16 Jan 202448 CHERRY TREE ROAD NORTH, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4NY
Received 18 Jan 2024PARK COMMUNITY ACADEMY, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HF
Received 18 Jan 2024BLACKPOOL ZOO PARK, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8PP
Received 19 Jan 2024583 Promenade
Received 15 Aug 1990BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NR
Received 18 Jan 2024UNIT C, BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RP
Received 19 Jan 2024THE VILLAGE HOTEL, EAST PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LL
Received 19 Jan 2024344 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QN
Received 22 Jan 2024344 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DW
Received 25 Jan 202424 STANLEY PARK CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TR
Received 25 Jan 202421 QUEEN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1NL
Received 25 Jan 2024BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NR
Received 25 Jan 202424a Caunce Street
Received 16 Aug 1990Records 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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