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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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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of York Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Aug 2021 to 17 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
1 Ferry Farm Cottages Front Street Naburn York YO19 4RR
Received 8 Jan 2026Agricultural Land North Of Meadowville Hull Road Dunnington York
Received 8 Jan 2026York Railway Station Station Road York
Received 12 Jan 2026WYE 16 - 18 Coney Street York YO1 9ND
Received 12 Jan 202671 Osbaldwick Village Osbaldwick York YO10 3NP
Received 13 Jan 202671 Osbaldwick Village Osbaldwick York YO10 3NP
Received 13 Jan 202626 Horner Street York YO30 6EA
Received 13 Jan 2026York Racing Stables Tadcaster Road Dringhouses York YO24 1QG
Received 13 Jan 2026Site To The West Of The A1237 And South Of North Lane Huntington York
Received 15 Jan 2026Dulux Decorator Centre Unit B Auster Road York YO30 4XA
Received 16 Jan 2026Eastfield Development Site Eastfield Lane Dunnington York
Received 19 Jan 202626 Westfield Place Acomb York YO24 3HW
Received 20 Jan 2026STREET RECORD Woodlands Grove York
Received 21 Jan 2026Land To The West Of Riseborough House Shipton Road Rawcliffe York
Received 23 Jan 202643 Middleham Avenue York YO31 9BD
Received 23 Jan 20261 Ambrose Street York YO10 4DT
Received 23 Jan 202638 Church Lane Bishopthorpe York YO23 2QG
Received 26 Jan 2026Hague And Dixon Cumberland House Cumberland Street York YO1 9SR
Received 26 Jan 2026Hague And Dixon Cumberland House Cumberland Street York YO1 9SR
Received 26 Jan 20265 Main Street Heslington York YO10 5EA
Received 26 Jan 202620 Rowntree Avenue York YO30 6HD
Received 26 Jan 2026Redwing Poultry Farm Sheriff Hutton Road Strensall York YO32 5TL
Received 27 Jan 202670 Monkgate York YO31 7PF
Received 27 Jan 20264 Whernside Avenue York YO31 0QA
Received 28 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 City of York 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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