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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Pinelands Haxby York YO32 3YT
Received 9 Jul 202619B Colliergate York
Received 9 Jul 2026132 Tang Hall Lane York YO31 0TJ
Received 9 Jul 2026Rupert House Main Street Hessay York YO26 8JR
Received 10 Jul 2026The Cottage Main Street Holtby York YO19 5UD
Received 10 Jul 202611 Woodland Way Huntington York YO32 9NX
Received 10 Jul 2026Gate Fulford Lodge 2 Fenwicks Lane York YO10 4PL
Received 10 Jul 2026535 Huntington Road York YO32 9PY
Received 10 Jul 2026Stitch Up 16 Farndale Avenue York YO10 3PE
Received 10 Jul 2026The Elms 160 Hull Road York
Received 10 Jul 2026Appealing Properties Ltd & Cse Financial Services Limited 28 High Petergate York YO1 7EH
Received 10 Jul 2026Appealing Properties Ltd & Cse Financial Services Limited 28 High Petergate York YO1 7EH
Received 10 Jul 2026Fulford School Fulfordgate York YO10 4FY
Received 10 Jul 202647 Sycamore Close Skelton York YO30 1YU
Received 13 Jul 202674 Scarcroft Road York YO24 1DD
Received 13 Jul 202635 St Johns Street York YO31 7QR
Received 13 Jul 20263 Thornbeck Dunnington York YO19 5JZ
Received 13 Jul 2026122 Eastfield Avenue Haxby York YO32 2EY
Received 13 Jul 20262 Upperdale Park York YO31 9FA
Received 13 Jul 2026York City Church The Citadel Gillygate York YO31 7EA
Received 13 Jul 2026The Local Authorities Mutual Investment Trust 17 Coney Street York YO1 9QL
Received 13 Jul 2026Land At Junction Of Main Street And Back Lane Knapton York
Received 13 Jul 202648 Haxby Road York YO31 8JX
Received 14 Jul 202670 Bootham Crescent York
Received 9 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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