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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Hempland Lane York YO31 1AT
Received 2 Jul 2026Vitoria 24 - 26 Coppergate York YO1 9NR
Received 3 Jul 2026Vitoria 24 - 26 Coppergate York YO1 9NR
Received 3 Jul 20268 Edgeware Road York YO10 4DG
Received 2 Jul 2026Lidl Monks Cross Drive Huntington York YO32 9GX
Received 3 Jul 2026Size 1 - 2 St Sampsons Square York YO1 8RL
Received 3 Jul 2026Size 1 - 2 St Sampsons Square York YO1 8RL
Received 3 Jul 2026Size 1 - 2 St Sampsons Square York YO1 8RL
Received 3 Jul 202628 Harden Close York YO30 4WE
Received 3 Jul 2026Nunnery Lane Dental Practice 97A Nunnery Lane York YO23 1AH
Received 6 Jul 202611 Acomb Road York YO24 4EN
Received 6 Jul 202611 Acomb Road York YO24 4EN
Received 6 Jul 2026The Kilima Hotel 129 Holgate Road York YO24 4AZ
Received 6 Jul 202622 Deramore Drive York YO10 5HP
Received 6 Jul 2026Westwood Farm Westwood Lane Askham Bryan York YO23 3QR
Received 6 Jul 202639 Millfield Road York YO23 1NH
Received 6 Jul 202619 North Lane Huntington York YO32 9RU
Received 6 Jul 2026Cobweb Cottage Stockton Lane York YO32 9UD
Received 6 Jul 2026The Old Warehouse 7 Marygate Mews Marygate York YO30 7EN
Received 6 Jul 2026The Old School Medical Practice Horseman Lane Copmanthorpe York YO23 3UA
Received 6 Jul 20263 High Petergate York YO1 7EN
Received 6 Jul 2026Ouse Lea Ltd 43A Ouse Lea York YO30 6SA
Received 6 Jul 202623 The Square Dringhouses York YO24 1UR
Received 6 Jul 202612 Beechwood Glade York YO24 3JT
Received 6 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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