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City of York Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of York Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,546Searchable applications
465Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 845 approved or refused records
122Refused applications
723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and buildingContact planning Local plan Strategic planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application planning adviceConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Article 4 directions in York
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01904551553Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning.enquiries@york.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01904552255Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning.comments@york.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas35 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas3 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- UnknownAOD/26/00060
Conditions 4 (staircase), 6 (materials), 7 (porch/canopy) and 8 (schedule of repair works) of 24/00570/LBC
Curzon Lodge 23 Tadcaster Road Dringhouses York YO24 1QG
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00389/FUL
Alterations to roof form, fenestration and cladding of existing rear extensions and alterations to detached garage
Flat 1 232 Tadcaster Road York YO24 1ES
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00390/FUL
Erection of 3no. padel courts with lighting, retractable canopy and drainage following removal of tennis court
Marriott Hotel Tadcaster Road Dringhouses York YO24 1QQ
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00391/LBC
External alterations to paint black edging strips to the external steps
University Of York Heslington Hall University Road Heslington York YO10 5DD
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00394/FUL
Single storey front extension
67 Hunters Way York YO24 1JL
Received 27 Feb 2026 - UnknownAOD/26/00061
Condition 23 (BREEAM) of 23/02200/FULM
Unit 2 Monks Cross Drive Huntington York
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00395/FUL
Single storey rear extension and replacement windows throughout
The Hawthornes Church Lane Wheldrake York YO19 6AW
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00397/FUL
Erection of an agricultural storage building
Westwood Farm Westwood Lane Askham Bryan York YO23 3QR
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00398/FUL
Erection of agricultural building for the storage of grain
Westwood Farm Westwood Lane Askham Bryan York YO23 3QR
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00400/FUL
Two storey side and rear extension and single storey front, side and rear extension.
18 Walton Place York YO26 5DN
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00401/FUL
Ground and first floor rear extensions and dormer to rear (revision to approval 25/01346/FUL)
59 Nunthorpe Road York YO23 1BP
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00402/FUL
3no. rooflights and replacement outbuilding to rear
24 Kyme Street York YO1 6HG
Received 2 Mar 2026 - UnknownAOD/26/00062
Condition 3 of 25/02059/FUL
10 St Marys York YO30 7DD
Received 2 Mar 2026 - UnknownAOD/26/00063
Condition 3 of 25/02544/FUL
Compass House Common Road Dunnington York
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00403/TCNOT
Notification under section 5 of The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 for the following equipment; installation of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus to a listed building
York Railway Station Station Road York
Received 27 Feb 2026 - UnknownAOD/26/00064
Condition 3 (WSI) of 25/01728/LBC
The Watch Lab 22 Coney Street York YO1 9ND
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00404/FUL
Installation of solar panels, part conversion of double garage to habitable room, installation of external door on north west elevation following removal of window and installation of 2no. ground floor windows to south west elevation
Amber House Galmanhoe Lane York YO30 7DZ
Received 2 Mar 2026 - DecidedAOD/26/00065
Conditions 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of 24/00726/FUL
Land At Junction Of Main Street And Back Lane Knapton York
Received 2 Mar 2026 - DecidedAOD/26/00066
Condition 3 (archaeology) of 22/01599/FUL
St Williams College College Street York YO1 7JF
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00406/TCA
Crown lift 1no. Silver Birch tree to 4 metres tree works in a Conservation Area
108 East Parade York YO31 7YH
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00407/ADV
Display of 1no. illuminated fascia sign and 1 no. hanging sign
Blue Boar 5 Castlegate York YO1 9RN
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00408/FUL
Two storey rear extension and single storey side extension
27 Staindale Close York YO30 5TU
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00409/LEGAL
Variation of legal agreement associated with application 18/00017/OUTM to change in the affordable housing dwellings definition. To alter the tenure by replacing the current 6% discounted sale properties with 6% shared ownership or intermediate units
Site To The West Of The A1237 And South Of North Lane Huntington York
Received 3 Mar 2026 - UnknownAOD/26/00067
Condition 8 (Part D) and Condition 9 (Part A) of 22/02629/FULM
The Milner Station Road York YO24 1AY
Received 3 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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