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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
35,906 approved · 6,961 refused · 1,191 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
88 Withnell Road
Received 9 Oct 1990140 NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8JB
Received 5 Feb 2026STATELY LODGE, 41 SCHOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DS
Received 5 Feb 2026151 CLIFTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1RT
Received 6 Feb 202649 LOMOND AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NB
Received 9 Feb 2026199A COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DJ
Received 9 Feb 20262 FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 9 Feb 202635 BLACKPOOL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HT
Received 9 Feb 20262 FISHERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DN
Received 10 Feb 2026100 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9NS
Received 10 Feb 2026184 Promenade
Received 10 Oct 1990BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB LTD, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JJ
Received 11 Feb 2026LAND BOUNDED BY COOKSON STREET, MILBOURNE STREET, GROSVENOR STREET AND GEORGE STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 12 Feb 2026LAND AT FORESHORE AND PROMENADE FROM GYNN SQUARE TO SANDCASTLE, SOUTH PIER, BLACKPOOL
Received 13 Feb 20269 CATFORTH AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4SF
Received 16 Feb 2026FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 132 HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2HH
Received 16 Feb 202643 MEADOW CRESCENT, BLACKPOOL, FY6 7QX
Received 17 Feb 202621 Alderley Avenue
Received 10 Oct 199020 THE CLOISTERS, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8LW
Received 17 Feb 202693 LINDALE GARDENS, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3PL
Received 17 Feb 202672 BEDFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QS
Received 19 Feb 202672 BEDFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QS
Received 19 Feb 2026PLOT 7A, LAND BOUNDED BY AMY JOHNSON WAY AND COMMON EDGE ROAD, JEPSON WAY AND SCHOOL ROAD AND BLACKPOOL AIRPORT BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 19 Feb 2026439 Promenade
Received 10 Oct 1990Records 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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