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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
35,244 approved · 6,736 refused · 1,185 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jun 1980 to 17 Oct 2028. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 COOPERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RJ
Received 31 Mar 202559 HORNBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QJ
Received 31 Mar 2025CENTRAL PIER, PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5BB
Received 17 Sept 1990LAND ADJACENT TO 338 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6LF
Received 31 Mar 202520 CORPORATION STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EJ
Received 1 Apr 2025MARTON MERE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, MYTHOP ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4EA
Received 1 Apr 2025LAND AND BUILDINGS KNOWN AS MORETON GRANGE, (LAND ADJACENT TO FERNBANK) DIVISION LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DZ
Received 25 Feb 202516 WORSLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DH
Received 3 Apr 2025ALDI, PARK ROAD, BLACKPOOL FY4 4DP
Received 3 Apr 2025102 GRANVILLE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8DW
Received 4 Sept 1986580/582 Lytham Road
Received 17 Sept 199010 BOOTHROYDEN, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NT
Received 3 Apr 202549-51 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BH
Received 3 Apr 202549-51 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BH
Received 3 Apr 202549-51 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BH
Received 3 Apr 202595 HIGHCROFT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BT
Received 4 Apr 2025416 WARLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0SS
Received 7 Apr 202524 West Park Drive
Received 17 Sept 1990AVIATION POINT, UNIT 1, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RP
Received 7 Apr 2025WHITEGATE MANOR, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL
Received 8 Apr 2025227 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RA
Received 8 Apr 202573 Bloomfield Road
Received 17 Sept 199048 CLIFTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1JP
Received 10 Apr 2025201 WARREN DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3TQ
Received 10 Apr 2025Records 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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