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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
34,582 approved · 6,536 refused · 1,181 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Palatine Road
Received 24 Aug 1990169 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HQ
Received 14 May 202432 KIRKHAM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RJ
Received 14 May 2024193-197 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5DL
Received 14 May 202414 CHATSWORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AN
Received 14 May 20244 DALTON AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QF
Received 15 May 2024150 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QR
Received 15 May 202458 DEERHURST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HG
Received 17 May 2024133 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EG
Received 17 May 20242 CANDLEWOOD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5GX
Received 20 May 202425-41 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 24 Aug 199054 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HP
Received 20 May 2024144 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QR
Received 21 May 2024FORMER BISPHAM HIGH SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NH
Received 22 May 2024STANLEY BUILDINGS, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3DN
Received 22 May 2024133 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9EG
Received 23 May 202470 MOWBRAY DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7UN
Received 24 May 20243 LOMOND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9QL
Received 24 May 202425-41 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AA
Received 24 Aug 1990LAYTON METHODIST CHURCH, WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7DZ
Received 24 May 2024SAVOY GARAGE, 2 KING GEORGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9SN
Received 28 May 2024104 RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9DZ
Received 28 May 202432 SANDHILLS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QQ
Received 28 May 202449 HARCOURT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HP
Received 28 May 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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