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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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
106B Tudor Road York YO24 3AZ
Received 6 Feb 202620 Greenacres Huntington York YO32 9QB
Received 6 Feb 2026The Homestead 49 Main Street Wheldrake York YO19 6AB
Received 6 Feb 20267 Temple Villas Tang Hall Lane York YO10 3RR
Received 6 Feb 202678 Millfield Road York YO23 1NQ
Received 6 Feb 2026153A Main Street Askham Bryan York YO23 3QS
Received 9 Feb 202618 Chatsworth Avenue Strensall York YO32 5PB
Received 9 Feb 2026J B Morrell Library Morrell Way York YO10 5DD
Received 9 Feb 2026Osbornes @ 68 68 Gillygate York YO31 7EQ
Received 9 Feb 2026The Yews Stamford Bridge Road Dunnington York YO19 5LQ
Received 9 Feb 202643 Armstrong Way York YO30 5NG
Received 9 Feb 202656 Stuart Road York YO24 3AL
Received 9 Feb 2026All Saints Roman Catholic Comprehensive Lower School Nunnery Lane York YO23 1AB
Received 9 Feb 2026All Saints Roman Catholic Comprehensive Lower School Nunnery Lane York YO23 1AB
Received 9 Feb 2026129 The Mount York YO24 1DU
Received 9 Feb 20264 Water End York YO30 6LP
Received 4 Feb 2026Land Known As Heeling Bottoms Wheldrake Lane Elvington York
Received 9 Feb 2026Ye Olde Starre Inne 40 Stonegate York YO1 8AS
Received 9 Feb 2026Ye Olde Starre Inne 40 Stonegate York YO1 8AS
Received 9 Feb 2026Wigginton Sports And Playing Fields Mill Lane Wigginton York
Received 9 Feb 202613 The Village Wigginton York YO32 2PL
Received 9 Feb 2026Springfield House 66 Main Street Askham Bryan York YO23 3QU
Received 10 Feb 2026The Chalet Sandy Lane Stockton On The Forest York YO32 9UU
Received 10 Feb 2026Unit 2 Monks Cross Drive Huntington York
Received 10 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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