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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
34,666 approved · 6,562 refused · 1,181 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Nov 1980 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MARPLES GRANGE, PRESTON NEW ROAD BLACKPOOL
Received 8 Jul 202410/12 Warley Road
Received 28 Aug 1990306 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AD
Received 9 Jul 2024271 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AH
Received 9 Jul 2024424-428 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 9 Jul 2024LAND TO NORTH OF BLACKPOOL NORTH TRAIN STATION CAR PARK, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3EZ
Received 23 May 2024FESTIVAL LEISURE PARK, RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EP
Received 9 Jul 20249 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QN
Received 10 Jul 2024Clifton Hotel, Talbot Square
Received 28 Aug 1990306 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AD
Received 12 Jul 2024186 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RJ
Received 15 Jul 2024ALL HALLOWS RECTORY, 86 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AY
Received 12 Jul 2024LAND AT FORMER MARTON GAS HOLDING SITE, OLYMPIC WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 15 Jul 2024220 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BP
Received 15 Jul 202424 STANLEY PARK CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9TR
Received 15 Jul 2024429 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BQ
Received 15 Jul 2024302 Talbot Road
Received 28 Aug 1990148 - 154 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BX
Received 15 Jul 2024LAND BOUNDED BY EAST TOPPING STREET, COOKSON STREET, KING STREET AND DEANSGATE, BLACKPOOL.
Received 15 Jul 2024LAND BOUND BY ADELAIDE STREET, LEOPOLD GROVE AND ALFRED ST, BLACKPOOL.
Received 15 Jul 2024129 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9BU
Received 16 Jul 2024LIFEBOAT INN, 58 FOXHALL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BW
Received 17 Jul 2024426-428 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 17 Jul 20242 BATH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BT
Received 17 Jul 2024Records 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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