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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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Annexe The Limefields Scoreby Lane Scoreby York YO41 1NR
Received 23 Mar 2026York Nails And Spa 7A Acomb Court Front Street York YO24 3BJ
Received 23 Mar 20266 Hull Road Kexby York YO41 5LA
Received 23 Mar 20268 Redwood Drive Haxby York YO32 3GF
Received 23 Mar 2026The Homestead Front Street Naburn York YO19 4RR
Received 23 Mar 202677 Holgate Road York YO24 4AA
Received 23 Mar 2026Courtlands Black Dykes Lane Upper Poppleton York YO26 6PT
Received 23 Mar 2026Lodge Farm Moor End Acaster Malbis York YO23 2UQ
Received 23 Mar 20267 Parade Court York YO31 7XF
Received 23 Mar 202640 Cedar Glade Dunnington York YO19 5QZ
Received 23 Mar 2026Barleyfields Shipton Road Clifton York
Received 23 Mar 2026Dean Court Secure Car Park To Rear Of Portland Street York
Received 23 Mar 2026304A Tadcaster Road Dringhouses York
Received 23 Mar 202637 Heworth Road York YO31 0AA
Received 23 Mar 2026The Laurels 32 Main Street Wheldrake York YO19 6AE
Received 23 Mar 202615 Cheviot Close Huntington York YO32 9PL
Received 24 Mar 2026Derwent County Junior And Infant School Osbaldwick Lane York YO10 3AX
Received 24 Mar 2026134 Chapelfields Road York YO26 5AF
Received 24 Mar 202685 Hull Road York YO10 3JS
Received 24 Mar 2026STREET RECORD Church Street Dunnington York
Received 24 Mar 2026STREET RECORD Holly Tree Lane Dunnington York
Received 24 Mar 2026STREET RECORD Greenside Dunnington York
Received 24 Mar 2026STREET RECORD Pinelands Haxby York
Received 24 Mar 2026Treasurers House Minster Yard York YO1 7JL
Received 24 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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