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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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Bilbrough Water Tower Stock Hill Lane Askham Richard York
Received 21 Apr 202690 Hamilton Drive York YO24 4JW
Received 21 Apr 20269 Lowick York YO24 2RF
Received 21 Apr 2026York's Chocolate Story 2 Kings Court York YO1 7LD
Received 21 Apr 202619 Longfield Terrace York YO30 7DJ
Received 21 Apr 20266 Algarth Rise York YO31 1HD
Received 21 Apr 202663 York Street Dunnington York YO19 5ST
Received 22 Apr 20262 Almery Terrace York YO30 7DL
Received 22 Apr 2026Roomzzz Aparthotel York Terry Avenue York YO23 1FG
Received 22 Apr 202660 The Village Strensall York YO32 5XA
Received 21 Apr 2026Fossgate Bookshop 36 Fossgate York YO1 9TF
Received 22 Apr 2026Fossgate Bookshop 36 Fossgate York YO1 9TF
Received 22 Apr 202633 Heworth Hall Drive York YO31 1AG
Received 22 Apr 20261 Kensal Rise York YO10 5AL
Received 22 Apr 2026Gate Fulford Hall Fenwicks Lane York YO10 4PL
Received 22 Apr 2026The Minster St Peters Cathedral Minster Yard York YO1 7HH
Received 22 Apr 202620 The Village Strensall York YO32 5XS
Received 22 Apr 20267 White Rose Avenue New Earswick York YO32 4AG
Received 21 Apr 202615 Usher Lane Haxby York YO32 3JZ
Received 22 Apr 202649 Hawthorn Spinney Huntington York YO31 9JQ
Received 23 Apr 2026Clifton Hall Care Home 31 Shipton Road Clifton York YO30 5RE
Received 23 Apr 2026Riseborough House Rawcliffe Lane York
Received 23 Apr 202614 Westminster Road York YO30 6LY
Received 23 Apr 2026Meadowsweet 39 North Lane Haxby York YO32 3JY
Received 23 Apr 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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