Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
34,760 approved · 6,583 refused · 1,181 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
61 Anchorsholme Lane East
Received 30 Aug 1990PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 61-71 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HU
Received 11 Sept 2024PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 9-19 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DG
Received 11 Sept 2024PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 9-19 ABINGDON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1DG
Received 11 Sept 2024PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 24-26 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RS
Received 11 Sept 2024PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO 24-26 BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RS
Received 11 Sept 2024LAND BOUNDED BY COOKSON STREET, MILBOURNE STREET, GROSVENOR STREET AND GEORGE STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 11 Sept 202449 WOODRIDGE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PP
Received 12 Sept 202450 CLEATOR AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TZ
Received 12 Sept 202427 NORTH PARK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LR
Received 12 Sept 2024ALL SAINTS YOUTH CLUB, ALL SAINTS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AL
Received 13 Sept 2024LAND BOUNDED BY AMY JOHNSON WAY, COMMON EDGE ROAD, JEPSON WAY, SCHOOL ROAD AND BLACKPOOL AIRPORT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 13 Sept 2024FORMER BISPHAM HIGH SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NH
Received 13 Sept 202428 ABERCORN PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RY
Received 17 Sept 202430 - 30A AND BUILDINGS TO THE REAR OF 2 TO 28 HENRY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JG
Received 19 Sept 2024230 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RE
Received 16 Sept 202415 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 17 Sept 202415 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 17 Sept 2024316 Devonshire Road
Received 31 Aug 199022 ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AS
Received 19 Sept 202457 CALDER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9TU
Received 20 Sept 202440 CAMBRAY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2LX
Received 13 Sept 2024LAND TO THE REAR OF 17 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 20 Sept 202485 MACAULEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4YF
Received 23 Sept 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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