Understanding planning · 13 min read
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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Tang Hall Library Fifth Avenue York
Received 17 Mar 20261 Longfield Terrace York YO30 7DJ
Received 18 Mar 202687 Hunters Way York YO24 1JL
Received 17 Mar 2026Costa Coffee York Railway Station Station Road York YO24 1AY
Received 18 Mar 2026Peppermill Court Ramsay Close York YO31 8SS
Received 18 Mar 2026Wigginton Squash And Social Club Mill Lane Wigginton York YO32 2PY
Received 18 Mar 2026York Barbican Paragon Street York YO10 4NT
Received 18 Mar 2026Eastfield Development Site Eastfield Lane Dunnington York
Received 19 Mar 2026Langton House 5 Priory Street York YO1 6ET
Received 19 Mar 2026Grange Lodge Guest House 52 Bootham Crescent York YO30 7AH
Received 19 Mar 202616 Almond Grove New Earswick York YO32 4AY
Received 18 Mar 2026A64 Van Sales Assistance House Malton Road Stockton On The Forest York YO32 9TN
Received 19 Mar 202614 Ratcliffe Court Skelton York YO30 1SD
Received 19 Mar 202618 White Rose Avenue New Earswick York YO32 4AG
Received 18 Mar 202664 Broadway York YO10 4JX
Received 19 Mar 2026Cranny House 81 Cranbrook Road York YO26 5JQ
Received 19 Mar 2026The Bungalow 1A Wenlock Terrace York YO10 4DU
Received 19 Mar 20261 St Lukes Grove York YO30 6DD
Received 19 Mar 20264 Petersway York YO30 6AR
Received 19 Mar 202670 Earswick Chase Earswick York YO32 9FY
Received 19 Mar 202618 Top Lane Copmanthorpe York YO23 3UJ
Received 20 Mar 2026Calm Cottage Malton Road Huntington York YO32 9TH
Received 20 Mar 2026Calm Cottage Malton Road Huntington York YO32 9TH
Received 20 Mar 202690 The Mount York
Received 20 Mar 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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