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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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Derwent County Junior And Infant School Osbaldwick Lane York YO10 3AX
Received 23 Apr 2026121 North Moor Huntington York YO32 9SA
Received 24 Apr 2026Land Lying To The West Of Acacia Avenue New Earswick York
Received 24 Apr 20267 Piccadilly York
Received 24 Apr 202610 Linden Grove York YO30 6NX
Received 23 Apr 202677 Front Street York YO24 3BR
Received 24 Apr 2026All Saints Roman Catholic Upper School Mill Mount York YO24 1BH
Received 24 Apr 2026Priory House 46 St Pauls Square York
Received 24 Apr 2026STREET RECORD Church Rise Holtby York
Received 24 Apr 2026O Neills 10 Low Ousegate York YO1 9QU
Received 24 Apr 2026Yorkshire Building Society 7 - 7A Feasegate York YO1 8SH
Received 24 Apr 2026O Neills 10 Low Ousegate York YO1 9QU
Received 24 Apr 2026Nfu Mutual Ins Society Ltd Ground Floor Left Zenith House Clifton Park Avenue York YO30 5PB
Received 24 Apr 2026The Retreat 107 Heslington Road York YO10 5BN
Received 27 Apr 202613 The Avenue Clifton York YO30 6AS
Received 27 Apr 2026Ask Assembly Rooms Blake Street York YO1 8QG
Received 27 Apr 2026Forest House 107 The Village Stockton On The Forest York YO32 9UP
Received 24 Apr 2026Flat 1 14 Low Ousegate York YO1 9QU
Received 27 Apr 2026142 The Mount York YO24 1BW
Received 24 Apr 2026Glen Lodge Sixth Avenue York
Received 27 Apr 2026Westwood 23 Water Lane Dunnington York YO19 5NP
Received 27 Apr 2026Taxassist Direct York 63 - 65 Heworth Road York YO31 0AA
Received 27 Apr 2026Crown Court The Castle York YO1 9WZ
Received 27 Apr 2026137 The Mount York YO24 1DU
Received 27 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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