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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
34,948 approved · 6,649 refused · 1,181 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FORMER BISPHAM HIGH SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NH
Received 12 Nov 202433 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8DS
Received 12 Nov 202451 ELIZABETH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3JF
Received 12 Nov 2024FORMER BISPHAM HIGH SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0NH
Received 12 Nov 2024INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH, CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5JW
Received 12 Nov 202459 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BW
Received 13 Nov 202470 DEERHURST ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HG
Received 15 Nov 2024367 Lytham Road
Received 5 Sept 1990LAND BETWEEN SEASIDERS WAY AND CENTRAL DRIVE TO THE SOUTH OF RIGBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HZ
Received 18 Nov 202432 ENGLAND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JE
Received 18 Nov 202435 MAGDALEN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3EF
Received 18 Nov 2024LAND BOUNDED BY COOKSON STREET, MILBOURNE STREET, GROSVENOR STREET AND GEORGE STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 6 Nov 202415 PLEASINGTON CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4PP
Received 19 Nov 202415 SWIFT CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PE
Received 20 Nov 2024Land Fronting Midgeland Road And Chapel Road
Received 10 Sept 1986NORMID SUPERSTORE, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3QX
Received 5 Sept 1990440 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RE
Received 19 Nov 202446 ANCHORSHOLME LANE EAST, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3QL
Received 21 Nov 2024136 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RR
Received 21 Nov 202441 STOCKYDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HP
Received 21 Nov 2024142 PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4ES
Received 21 Nov 20246 MOOR PARK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LT
Received 21 Nov 202484 Reads Avenue
Received 5 Sept 1990102 CORNWALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9QL
Received 26 Nov 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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