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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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Pasture Lane York YO31 1JL
Received 28 Jan 2026Kokos International Bar 31 - 33 Goodramgate York YO1 7LS
Received 28 Jan 2026Kokos International Bar 31 - 33 Goodramgate York YO1 7LS
Received 28 Jan 2026Flat 1 13 Park Street York YO24 1BQ
Received 29 Jan 2026Barkers House Shirbutt Lane Hessay York YO26 8JT
Received 29 Jan 2026Land North West Of Hannam Lane Wetherby Road Rufforth York
Received 29 Jan 202617 Thief Lane York YO10 3HQ
Received 29 Jan 20264 Royal Avenue York YO31 9JS
Received 29 Jan 20269 White Rose Grove New Earswick York YO32 4AE
Received 30 Jan 2026132 Osbaldwick Lane York YO10 3BB
Received 30 Jan 202620 Bracken Road York YO24 1JT
Received 30 Jan 2026The Minster Library Minster Yard York YO1 7JD
Received 30 Jan 2026Hastings 6 Farmstead Rise Haxby York YO32 3LL
Received 30 Jan 2026Land To The South Of Glaisdale Road Upper Poppleton York
Received 2 Feb 202619 St Edwards Close York YO24 1QB
Received 2 Feb 2026The Old School House Shirbutt Lane Hessay York YO26 8JT
Received 2 Feb 2026Flat 1 8 Colliergate York YO1 8BP
Received 2 Feb 202618 Gordon Street York YO10 5BG
Received 2 Feb 202618 Eastholme Drive York YO30 5SW
Received 2 Feb 20267 Nicholas Street York YO10 3EQ
Received 3 Feb 202610 Riverside Gardens Elvington York YO41 4DT
Received 3 Feb 20266 Helmsley Grove Wigginton York YO32 2QD
Received 3 Feb 2026Middlethorpe Manor Middlethorpe York YO23 2QB
Received 3 Feb 202638 Robert Street York YO23 1PS
Received 3 Feb 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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