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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
36,213 approved · 7,053 refused · 1,198 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 CHESTERFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PP
Received 3 Jul 202670 CHESTERFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PL
Received 3 Jul 20268 EAVES STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2NH
Received 3 Jul 2026UNIT 2, TRAM STATION VIEW, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1AQ
Received 23 Jul 2026UNIT 2, TRAM STATION VIEW, TALBOT ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1AQ
Received 23 Jul 2026Somerset Avenue Bowling Club Somerset Avenue
Received 19 Oct 199018 DERBY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2JF
Received 23 Jul 2026LAND AT RYSCAR WAY, BLACKPOOL
Received 24 Jul 2026REVOE CP SCHOOL, GRASMERE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5HP
Received 24 Jul 2026LEAMINGTON HOUSE NURSERIES, WORTHINGTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5EH
Received 24 Jul 202652 EASTPINES DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3RX
Received 24 Jul 2026TESCO STORES LTD, CLIFTON RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4UJ
Received 24 Jul 20267 SANDON PLACE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2PU
Received 27 Jul 202634 ALDERLEY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1QF
Received 27 Jul 202654 Rosedale Avenue
Received 22 Oct 1990346 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HZ
Received 27 Jul 2026BELSFIELD, NEW HALL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JQ
Received 27 Jul 202630 CHARNLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PF
Received 28 Jul 202636 LONSDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EE
Received 8 Oct 1981100 GORTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3JW
Received 21 Oct 1981FLAGSTAFF GARDENS, OSBORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 30 Jul 202610-12 DEANSGATE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BN
Received 29 Jul 202614 Torquay Avenue
Received 22 Oct 19903 STONYCROFT AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2NR
Received 31 Jul 2026Records 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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