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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.
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Blackpool planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates45,254Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 43,032 approved or refused records
7,001Refused applications
36,031 approved · 7,001 refused · 1,193 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning, conservation and building controlLocal plan Planning policyConservation areas Conservation
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas7 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas6 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
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More application records
- Decided26/0220
Erection of a single storey side and a single storey rear extension.
38 KNOWSLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9HP
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0221
Erection of a single storey rear extension and erection of porch to front elevation.
6 TARNBROOK DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7QA
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0222
Installation of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM).
UNIT 2, TRAM STATION VIEW, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1AQ
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0223
Display of 1 internally illuminated logo sign panel, 1 internally illuminated top sign , and 1 internally illuminated bottom sign to ATM.
UNIT 2, TRAM STATION VIEW, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1AQ
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0224
Installation of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM).
168 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DJ
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0225
Display of 1 internally illuminated logo sign panel, 1 internally illuminated top sign , and 1 internally illuminated bottom sign to ATM.
168 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6DJ
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Appeal decided90/1584
ERECTION OF PART TWO STOREY PART SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS
Newholme Whiteholme Road
Received 16 Oct 1990 - Unknown26/0227
Erection of a single storey rear extension
1 TEWKESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NF
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Registered26/0228
Erection of a single storey side and single storey rear extension.
1 TEWKESBURY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NF
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0229
Installation of a half size hawk jet replica as RAF Memorial.
FYLDE MEMORIAL AND ARBORETUM AND COMMUNITY WOODLAND, MOOR PARK AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0LZ
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0230
Use of premises as single dwelling house.
33 ADSTONE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7PD
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0231
Non material amendment to planning application 25/0088 to allow the relocation of the spray booth to 1m away from workshop and minor alterations to the design of the spray booth.
251 VICARAGE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4XL
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0232
Use of premises as single dwelling
4 STANLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QL
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0233
Erection of single storey side extension to provide accessible WC and shower.
1 BURNSIDE AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4AF
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0234
Erection of Sub station next to existing factory.
UNIT 1B, SYCAMORE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3RL
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0235
Discharge of condition 9 (Land Contamination) attached to planning permission 22/0054 for plots 15 and 16.
FORMER BAGULEYS GARDEN CENTRE, MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HE
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Decided90/1585
CONSTRUCTION OF EXTERNAL ESCAPE STAIRS
25 Albert Road
Received 16 Oct 1990 - Decided26/0236
Discharge of conditions 17 (Sustainability Strategy) and 33 (lighting) attached to planning permission 22/0265 (as amended by ref: 25/0776) insofar as the details relate to Plot 7A.
PLOT 7A, LAND BOUNDED BY AMY JOHNSON WAY, COMMON EDGE ROAD, JEPSON WAY, SCHOOL ROAD AND BLACKPOOL AIRPORT, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DY
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0240
Discharge of condition 2 (Off-site Highway Works) attached to planning permission 25/0853
LAND BOUNDED BY COOKSON STREET, MILBOURNE STREET, GROSVENOR STREET AND GEORGE STREET, BLACKPOOL
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Registered26/0241
Creation of car wash bay enclosed on three sides by 2m high screen to front of building and use of site as a mixed use comprising storage and distribution and car wash service (sui generis).
10 WAREHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7XG
Received 1 May 2026 - Decided26/0242
Use of ground floor premises as a 'Parrot Experience' (sui generis).
64-66 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LR
Received 1 May 2026 - Registered26/0243
Display of one 1 non-illuminated fascia sign.
64-66 TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1LR
Received 1 May 2026 - Decided26/0244
Erection of front and rear dormers to create additional hotel rooms in attic space, single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing rear extension), rear garage and decking, solar panels on 'A' frames and cladding of whole building
36 LONSDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EE
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/0245
Use of premise as a single dwelling
448 LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1JQ
Received 5 May 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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