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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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 St Clements Grove York YO23 1JZ
Received 3 Feb 2026The Old School House Shirbutt Lane Hessay York YO26 8JT
Received 3 Feb 2026St Pauls Nursery School 12 St Pauls Square York YO24 4BD
Received 3 Feb 2026St Pauls Nursery School 12 St Pauls Square York YO24 4BD
Received 3 Feb 202627 Melrosegate York YO31 0RL
Received 3 Feb 202630 Monkgate Cloisters York YO31 7HY
Received 3 Feb 2026Site Of 15 Foss Islands Road York
Received 3 Feb 2026St Pauls Church Of England Primary School St Pauls Terrace York YO24 4BJ
Received 4 Feb 202610 St Marys York YO30 7DD
Received 4 Feb 202699 Reighton Avenue York YO30 5QW
Received 4 Feb 202682 Brecksfields Skelton York YO30 1YF
Received 4 Feb 202650 Acaster Lane Bishopthorpe York YO23 2SJ
Received 3 Feb 2026Starbucks Drive Thru Malton Road Stockton On The Forest York YO32 9TW
Received 4 Feb 202612 Towton Avenue York YO24 1DW
Received 4 Feb 2026Land To The East Of Millfield Industrial Estate Main Street Wheldrake York
Received 4 Feb 2026Portland CSO Trading Ltd 1 Toft Green York YO1 6JT
Received 4 Feb 2026Flat 1 14 Low Ousegate York YO1 9QU
Received 4 Feb 2026Cheesecake Farm Wheldrake Lane Elvington York YO19 6BJ
Received 5 Feb 2026275 Huntington Road York YO31 9BR
Received 5 Feb 2026British Sugar Corporation Ltd Plantation Drive York
Received 5 Feb 2026The Punch Bowl 5 - 9 Blossom Street York YO24 1AU
Received 5 Feb 2026The Punch Bowl 5 - 9 Blossom Street York YO24 1AU
Received 5 Feb 20266 Kitty Garth Wheldrake York YO19 6DX
Received 4 Feb 2026266 Malton Road Huntington York YO32 9TE
Received 6 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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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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