Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
44,064 approved · 9,429 refused · 1,361 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jan 1900 to 17 Oct 2028. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10-12 Queens Promenade
Received 10 May 1993Land At Squires Gate Industrial Estate, Squires Gate Lane
Received 11 May 199331 North Park Drive
Received 11 May 1993199 Hawes Side Lane
Received 10 May 1993119 Anchorsholme Lane East
Received 10 May 199384 PROMENADE / 35 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EZ
Received 10 May 1993BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 10 May 1993BLACKPOOL TOWER, BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4BJ
Received 10 May 1993150 BOND STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1HW
Received 18 Nov 198653 Whitegate Drive
Received 10 May 199318a Deansgate
Received 10 May 199350 Henson Avenue
Received 12 May 199320 Goodwood Avenue
Received 12 May 1993LAND AND PREMISES ADJACENT MOSS SIDE, CLIFTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4QF
Received 13 May 1993115 Church Street
Received 13 May 1993311 Norbreck Road
Received 13 May 1993110 Stony Hill Avenue
Received 14 May 199350 Lomond Avenue
Received 14 May 199317 Cotswold Road
Received 14 May 199316 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EG
Received 16 Nov 198612 Hampshire Place
Received 17 May 1993181 Whitegate Drive
Received 17 May 199324 Victoria Street
Received 17 May 199346 North Drive
Received 17 May 1993Records 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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