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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
72 Shipton Road Clifton York YO30 5RQ
Received 29 Jun 2026The Yews Stamford Bridge Road Dunnington York YO19 5LQ
Received 30 Jun 2026The Yews Stamford Bridge Road Dunnington York YO19 5LQ
Received 30 Jun 2026Langton House 5 Priory Street York YO1 6ET
Received 30 Jun 202668 Kirkcroft Wigginton York YO32 2GH
Received 25 Jun 2026York Pullman Bus Company Rufforth Airfield Rufforth York YO23 3QA
Received 30 Jun 20261 Eastholme Drive York YO30 5SS
Received 30 Jun 20262 St Aubyns Place York YO24 1EQ
Received 25 Jun 2026Grand Hotel And Spa Station Rise York YO1 6GD
Received 30 Jun 2026Land To The Rear Of 128 Fulford Road York
Received 1 Jul 2026The Saville Group Limited Workshop Unit 5 Millfield Lane Nether Poppleton York
Received 1 Jul 20262 Manor House Gardens School Lane Copmanthorpe York YO23 3SQ
Received 1 Jul 202620 Brandsby Grove Huntington York YO31 9HL
Received 1 Jul 2026York Barbican Paragon Street York YO10 4NT
Received 1 Jul 202651 Wheatfield Lane Haxby York YO32 2YX
Received 29 Jun 2026Glaemond York Road Elvington York YO41 4DY
Received 1 Jul 2026Oakwood House Northfield Lane Upper Poppleton York
Received 1 Jul 202620 Clifton Green York YO30 6LN
Received 1 Jul 2026Dick Turpin House 30 Main Street Fulford York YO10 4PX
Received 22 Jun 202619 Broadway West York YO10 4JN
Received 1 Jul 202659 Wheatlands Grove York YO26 5NQ
Received 2 Jul 2026The Birches 13 Church Street Dunnington York YO19 5PP
Received 2 Jul 202612 Merlin Covert Huntington York YO31 9JJ
Received 2 Jul 2026Morrisons Car Park Foss Islands Road York
Received 2 Jul 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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