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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sledmere Crossing Stamford Bridge Road Dunnington York
Received 12 Aug 202639 Church Street Dunnington York YO19 5PP
Received 12 Aug 2026Land To East Of Northfield Lane Upper Poppleton York
Received 12 Aug 2026Automotive Equipment Solutions UK Ltd Unit 2 Cropton Court Northminster Business Park Cropton Road Upper Poppleton York YO26 6BN
Received 13 Aug 202622 Fairway Drive Upper Poppleton York YO26 6HE
Received 13 Aug 202640 Abbots Gait Huntington York YO32 9SX
Received 12 Aug 202618 Lang Avenue York YO10 3SB
Received 13 Aug 2026Land Lying To The South Of Hull Road Heslington York
Received 13 Aug 202679 Fulford Road York YO10 4BD
Received 13 Aug 2026Longfield Farm Appleton Road Bishopthorpe York YO23 2XA
Received 13 Aug 2026Elena Ferrara Bridal 64 Goodramgate York YO1 7LF
Received 13 Aug 202614 Clifton York YO30 6AE
Received 14 Aug 202614 Clifton York YO30 6AE
Received 14 Aug 2026Peppermill Court Ramsay Close York YO31 8SS
Received 14 Aug 202630 Malvern Avenue York YO26 5SG
Received 14 Aug 2026Aldwark House Hospital Fields Road York
Received 14 Aug 2026Heslington House Hospital Fields Road York
Received 14 Aug 202621 Campbell Avenue York YO24 4LA
Received 17 Aug 202619 Southlands Road York YO23 1NG
Received 17 Aug 2026Paul Stride 20 Kathryn Avenue Huntington York YO32 9JS
Received 17 Aug 2026Racing Stables Hostel Tadcaster Road Dringhouses York YO24 1QG
Received 17 Aug 202610 Barnfield Way Copmanthorpe York YO23 3RT
Received 17 Aug 2026Oakwood 99 Stockton Lane York YO31 1JA
Received 17 Aug 2026Land Lying To The South Of Hull Road Heslington York
Received 17 Aug 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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