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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
36,142 approved · 7,034 refused · 1,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
160 CHERRY TREE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QH
Received 10 Jun 2026196 Common Edge Road
Received 16 Oct 1990LAND BETWEEN 53 & 55 MOSS HOUSE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JF
Received 11 Jun 202620 HONISTER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9PF
Received 15 Jun 2026111 BUCHANAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3BP
Received 15 Jun 202612 GRANGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8EJ
Received 16 Jun 2026BLACKPOOL NORTH STATION, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AB
Received 16 Jun 202647 HARCOURT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HP
Received 17 Jun 2026PLOT 6, LAND BOUNDED BY AMY JOHNSON WAY, COMMON EDGE ROAD, JEPSON WAY, SCHOOL ROAD AND BLACKPOOL AIRPORT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 17 Jun 2026Land At Rear Of 311-335 Warley Road
Received 17 Oct 1990PLOT 7A (BLACKPOOL AIRPORT ENTERPRISE ZONE) LAND BOUNDED BY AMY JOHNSON WAY AND COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 17 Jun 2026PLOT 7A (BLACKPOOL AIRPORT ENTERPRISE ZONE) LAND BOUNDED BY AMY JOHNSON WAY AND COMMON EDGE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 17 Jun 20262 ASTLING GREEN, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4FJ
Received 17 Jun 202651 HELENS CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QD
Received 22 Jun 2026PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 22 Jun 2026PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4BL
Received 22 Jun 2026PAVEMENT ON THE CORNER OF WATERLOO ROAD AND LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 Jun 2026PAVEMENT ON THE CORNER OF WATERLOO ROAD AND LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 Jun 2026274 Central Drive
Received 12 Sept 198680-84 ADELAIDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4LA
Received 17 Oct 199024 BRAITHWAITE STREET & 7A CLYDE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HS
Received 23 Jun 20268 WINGATE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HD
Received 23 Jun 20264 WIMBOURNE PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PD
Received 23 Jun 202620 BERYL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3PA
Received 24 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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