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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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Spring Wood Stables New Road Deighton York YO19 6EZ
Received 4 Jun 20264 Mount Vale Gardens York YO24 1AL
Received 29 May 2026Hall Farm Naburn Lane To Fulford Hall And Hall Farm Track Fulford York YO19 4RG
Received 5 Jun 2026Pavers Ltd Catherine House Northminster Business Park Harwood Road Upper Poppleton York YO26 6QU
Received 5 Jun 202632 Hull Road York YO10 3LP
Received 5 Jun 20269 Bishophill Junior York YO1 6EN
Received 5 Jun 202618 Hyrst Grove York YO31 7TD
Received 5 Jun 2026Cleveland House 37 Main Street Bishopthorpe York YO23 2RA
Received 5 Jun 2026Strensall Camp Service Station 605 Strensall Road York YO32 5TB
Received 5 Jun 202687 Millfield Lane York YO10 3AW
Received 8 Jun 2026BHE Self Storage Self Storage Facility Lambshill Towthorpe Moor Lane Strensall York YO32 9SR
Received 8 Jun 2026Dower House 143 Main Street Fulford York YO10 4PP
Received 8 Jun 2026Britannia House 70 Heworth York YO31 1AL
Received 8 Jun 20269 Willis Street York YO10 5BE
Received 8 Jun 20261 Aldwark York YO1 7BX
Received 8 Jun 202615 Sycamore Avenue New Earswick York YO32 4AL
Received 3 Jun 2026University Of York Sports Centre James Way Heslington York YO10 5NA
Received 8 Jun 202620 Aintree Court York YO24 1EW
Received 8 Jun 2026All Saints Roman Catholic Upper School Mill Mount York YO24 1BH
Received 8 Jun 20269 Melander Gardens Haxby York YO32 3YB
Received 8 Jun 2026University Of York University Road Heslington York YO10 5DD
Received 5 Jun 20263 Station Cottages Naburn Lane Naburn York YO19 4RW
Received 8 Jun 2026Former 86 Heworth York YO31 1AP
Received 8 Jun 2026York Railway Station Station Road York
Received 8 Jun 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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