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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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Vine Street York YO23 1BB
Received 24 Feb 202621 Abbotsford Road York YO10 3EE
Received 24 Feb 202610 Buckingham Street York YO1 6DW
Received 24 Feb 2026Kilburn View Murton Way York YO19 5UW
Received 24 Feb 202658A Burton Green York YO30 6JD
Received 24 Feb 2026Eastfield Development Site Eastfield Lane Dunnington York
Received 24 Feb 202689 Barkston Avenue York YO26 5BA
Received 24 Feb 2026Panache Hair Salon 99 Poppleton Road York YO26 4UN
Received 24 Feb 2026The Retreat 107 Heslington Road York YO10 5BN
Received 24 Feb 2026Six And A Half St Peters Grove York YO30 6AQ
Received 25 Feb 2026Public Open Space Adjacent Brainkind Neurological Centre Bishopthorpe Road York
Received 25 Feb 202619 Pinelands Haxby York YO32 3YT
Received 24 Feb 2026Weird Fish 36 Stonegate York YO1 8AS
Received 25 Feb 20262 Sails Drive York YO10 3LR
Received 25 Feb 202625 North Parade York YO30 7AB
Received 25 Feb 2026STREET RECORD Cherry Tree Avenue New Earswick York
Received 25 Feb 2026Harkers Cafe Bar 1 St Helens Square York YO1 8QN
Received 26 Feb 202613 The Village Wigginton York YO32 2PL
Received 26 Feb 2026York St John University Sports Centre Haxby Road York YO31 8TA
Received 26 Feb 2026Rialto House Blue Bridge Lane York YO10 4GD
Received 26 Feb 2026Weird Fish 36 Stonegate York YO1 8AS
Received 26 Feb 2026Lynwood 20A Mill Lane Wigginton York YO32 2PX
Received 26 Feb 2026The Milner Station Road York YO24 1AY
Received 26 Feb 2026Curzon Lodge 23 Tadcaster Road Dringhouses York YO24 1QG
Received 26 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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