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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.
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Blackpool planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates43,515Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 41,343 approved or refused records
6,583Refused applications
34,760 approved · 6,583 refused · 1,181 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning, conservation and building controlLocal plan Planning policyConservation areas Conservation
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas7 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas6 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
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More application records
- Decided24/0460
Use of the land for the stationing of residential caravans.Application under section 73 of the Planning Act to vary conditions 2, 3, 4 attached to planning permission 23/0116 to alter the site layout allowing for the installation of an additional caravan pitch.
REAR OF, 352 ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2QN
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0461
Installation of garage door to rear and use as altered as garage ancillary to restaurant use for the storage of company vehicles.
12B RED BANK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9HR
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Appeal decided24/0463
Display of 1no. static internally illuminated fascia sign, 1no. internally illuminated LED display, 1no. non illuminated fascia sign and cabachon lights to both sides of the entrance door (Retrospective application)
66-74 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HB
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Appeal decided24/0466
Erection of stable block for keeping of horses and storage of landaus and use of site as a mixed use premises comprising a permanent residential dwelling and business. (retrospective application)
25 DAGGERS HALL LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AY
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0467
External alterations including demolition of front sun lounge and rear extension and installation of bay window to front and use of premises as altered as a single private dwelling house.
12 HOLMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TB
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0469
Display of 1no. internally illuminated fascia sign and 1no. internally illuminated projecting sign.
1 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DG
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided90/1371
ERECTION OF SIDE CAR PORT WITH BEDROOM OVER
24 Links Road
Received 30 Aug 1990 - Unknown24/0470
Use of premises as self contained visitor accommodation.
10A CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3DN
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0471
Installation of new shop front with separate access to first floor and use as altered as 1 self-contained permanent flat at first floor and 2 retail units at ground floor.
29 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QH
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0472
Installation of 300 solar PV panels to roof (Prior Approval)
UNIT 1, AVIATION POINT, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RP
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0474
Installation of replacement windows to 1st and 2nd floor front elevation.
16 BIRLEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DU
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0477
Installation of perforated roller shutter to the front ground floor elevation.
386 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LP
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0479
Discharge of Condition 3 (Woodland Management Plan) attached to permission 20/0502.
LAND BETWEEN ST NICHOLAS ROAD AND SCHOOL ROAD BOUNDED BY LONG ACRE, RUSHYMEDE AND STRATHALLAN, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EL
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided90/1372
ONE INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED HIGH-LEVEL PROJECTING SIGN & ONE INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FASCIA SIGN
76 Topping Street
Received 30 Aug 1990 - Decided24/0480
Pruning of Apple tree , removal of Cherry, Holly and Elder trees and reduction by 30% of the height of the Laurel hedge.
187 READS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HZ
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0481
Erection of 9no dwellinghouses with associated garages, parking , new access-egress from School Road, landscaping and boundary works.
2 SCHOOL ROAD AND LAND ADJACENT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DX
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0482
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
12 ST STEPHENS AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9RG
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0483
Use of premises as single private dwelling house following removal of existing rear extension.
57 AINTREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3BD
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0484
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
2 FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Appeal decided24/0485
Installation of multifunction hub and defibrillator
PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 13-19 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RU
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Appeal decided24/0486
Display of a 1.8m x 1m LED advertisement screen.
PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 13-19 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RU
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Appeal decided24/0487
Installation of multifunction hub and defibrillator
PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 19 ADELAIDE STREET WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4SR
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Appeal decided24/0488
Display of a 1.8m x 1m LED advertisement screen.
PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 19 ADELAIDE STREET WEST, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4SR
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Appeal decided24/0489
Installation of multifunction hub and defibrillator.
PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 61-71 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 11 Sept 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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