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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
36,089 approved · 7,022 refused · 1,195 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Oct 1979 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HARRISONS FARM, OFF MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EE
Received 21 May 2026ANNEX AT 37 WINDERMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2BX
Received 21 May 2026BOUNDARY PARK, GARSTANG ROAD WEST, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 May 202675-77 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3NE
Received 22 May 2026COMMUNITY CENTRE, AYSGARTH COURT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5LX
Received 27 May 2026166 Westmorland Avenue
Received 16 Oct 1990LAND AT THE CORNER OF EAST TOPPING STREET & DEANSGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3AS
Received 28 May 2026FIRST FLOOR SENECA HOUSE, LINKS POINT, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2FF
Received 28 May 202611 DARLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3JW
Received 29 May 2026FLAT D, 571 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SA
Received 29 May 2026LAND TO THE NORTH OF SCHOOL ROAD AND EAST OF MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EW
Received 1 Jun 20269 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DU
Received 3 Jun 202620 JAMES AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4LB
Received 3 Jun 20265 GLENFIELD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0DB
Received 2 Jun 2026125 ST LUKES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EG
Received 3 Jun 202612 & 12A LINCOLN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4HB
Received 4 Jun 20261/3 Bright Street
Received 16 Oct 19908 CAMBORNE COURT, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9NS
Received 4 Jun 2026LAND BOUNDED BY KENT ROAD, SALTHOUSE AVENUE, RIGBY ROAD, CENTRAL DRIVE, REVOE STREET, GRASMERE ROAD, ASHTON ROAD, HARRISON STREET, IBBISON COURT AND PRINCESS STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 27 May 202671 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PW
Received 8 Jun 2026FLAGSTAFF GARDENS, OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 9 Jun 2026WESTMINSTER ACADEMY, WESTMINSTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QE
Received 9 Jun 2026WESTMINSTER ACADEMY, WESTMINSTER ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2QE
Received 9 Jun 202633 CLIFFORD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PU
Received 9 Jun 2026Records 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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