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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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Copmanthorpe Lane Bishopthorpe York YO23 2QR
Received 23 Jun 2026The Dubliner Tanners Moat York YO1 6HU
Received 23 Jun 2026182 Stockton Lane York YO31 1EY
Received 23 Jun 20265 Greenfield Park Drive York YO31 1JB
Received 23 Jun 2026The Milner Station Road York YO24 1AY
Received 24 Jun 2026St Peters School Clifton York YO30 6AB
Received 24 Jun 2026Oakwood House Northfield Lane Upper Poppleton York
Received 24 Jun 2026Oakwood Farm Northfield Lane Upper Poppleton York YO26 6QF
Received 24 Jun 2026University Of York Heslington Hall University Road Heslington York YO10 5DD
Received 24 Jun 2026Westwood Farm Westwood Lane Askham Bryan York YO23 3QR
Received 24 Jun 2026Frontage York Railway Station Station Road York
Received 24 Jun 2026Telecommunications Mast Broad Lane Nether Poppleton York
Received 24 Jun 2026Micklegate By Supercity Aparthotels 105 - 111 Micklegate York YO1 6LB
Received 24 Jun 2026Law Courts Clifford Street York YO1 9RD
Received 24 Jun 2026Law Courts Clifford Street York YO1 9RD
Received 24 Jun 202615 Cheviot Close Huntington York YO32 9PL
Received 24 Jun 202613 The Avenue Clifton York YO30 6AS
Received 24 Jun 2026106 Huntington Road York YO31 8RP
Received 24 Jun 2026Plum Tree House 3 Moor Lane Strensall York YO32 5UG
Received 25 Jun 202611 Moor Close Wheldrake York YO19 6TA
Received 25 Jun 202618 Stray Road York YO31 0ND
Received 25 Jun 2026Barnitts Warehouse 2 95 James Street York YO10 3WW
Received 25 Jun 2026Hill Farm Elvington Lane Dunnington York YO19 5LD
Received 25 Jun 2026Mudd And Co 5 Peckitt Street York YO1 9SF
Received 25 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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