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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
34,820 approved · 6,605 refused · 1,181 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
102 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QL
Received 2 Oct 2024102 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QL
Received 2 Oct 2024375 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BH
Received 3 Oct 2024375 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BH
Received 2 Oct 202464 BURLINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JR
Received 8 Sept 1986128 Condor Grove
Received 3 Sept 1990LAND AT ENTERPRISE COURT, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RW
Received 3 Oct 2024LAND AT WHYNDYKE FARM, PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XQ
Received 3 Oct 2024BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, WHINNEY HEYS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NR
Received 4 Oct 2024BLACKPOOL TRANSPORT LTD, RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5ES
Received 4 Oct 202460 NEVILLE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3BQ
Received 4 Oct 20249-11 WATERLOO ROAD BLACKPOOL FY4 1AF
Received 7 Oct 20249-11 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AF
Received 7 Oct 202431 MERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9AU
Received 7 Oct 202411 CHORLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7XQ
Received 8 Oct 202430 Empress Drive
Received 3 Sept 1990LAND BOUNDED BY CENTRAL DRIVE, NEW BONNY STREET, BONNY STREET, SEASIDERS WAY AND CHAPEL STREET , BLACKPOOL, FY1 5RL
Received 1 Oct 20242 RAIKES PARADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4EX
Received 8 Oct 202467, 67A, AND 67B, BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BW
Received 9 Oct 2024111 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RS
Received 9 Oct 202444 LEEDS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HJ
Received 10 Oct 202434 NORTH DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AQ
Received 10 Oct 2024ST JOHNS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NX
Received 10 Oct 20247 WITHNELL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HF
Received 11 Oct 2024Records 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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