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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Law Courts Clifford Street York YO1 9RD
Received 19 May 202623 Back Lane South Wheldrake York YO19 6DT
Received 19 May 202644 Dringthorpe Road York YO24 1LG
Received 20 May 20265 Main Street Heslington York YO10 5EA
Received 20 May 202621A Park Street York YO24 1BQ
Received 20 May 20267 Park Street York
Received 20 May 202627 Clive Grove York YO24 4ED
Received 20 May 202610 The Horseshoe York YO24 1LX
Received 20 May 202623 Eastward Avenue York YO10 4LZ
Received 20 May 202623 Eastward Avenue York YO10 4LZ
Received 20 May 202617 Dove Street York YO23 1AQ
Received 20 May 202660 Vyner Street York YO31 8HS
Received 21 May 2026The Luxe Company 40 Coney Street York YO1 9ND
Received 21 May 20267 Bridle Way York YO26 5AQ
Received 21 May 2026Rialto House Blue Bridge Lane York YO10 4GD
Received 22 May 202615 Howe Hill Road York YO26 4SL
Received 22 May 202646 Calf Close Haxby York YO32 3NR
Received 22 May 2026202 Bishopthorpe Road York YO23 1LF
Received 22 May 202618 Westminster Road York YO30 6LY
Received 22 May 2026Law Courts Clifford Street York YO1 9RD
Received 22 May 202610 Garth Terrace York YO30 6DU
Received 22 May 202634 Shipton Road Clifton York YO30 5RF
Received 22 May 202652 Walney Road York YO31 1AJ
Received 25 May 20267 Walpole Street York YO31 8NN
Received 25 May 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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