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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Network Rail The Old Carriage Works Holgate Park Drive York YO24 4EH
Received 26 Aug 202686A Gillygate York YO31 7EQ
Received 26 Aug 2026Elm Tree Farm House 78 The Village Stockton On The Forest York YO32 9UW
Received 26 Aug 202622 Applecroft Road York YO31 0HG
Received 27 Aug 20266 Clifton York YO30 6AE
Received 27 Aug 2026The Retreat 107 Heslington Road York YO10 5BN
Received 27 Aug 202610 Middlewood Close Rufforth York YO23 3QG
Received 27 Aug 20263 - 7 Coney Street York
Received 27 Aug 2026Field To The North Of Chatsworth Drive And East Of Towthorpe Road York
Received 28 Aug 2026The Piggeries Vicarage Lane Naburn York YO19 4RS
Received 28 Aug 20268 Springfield Road Upper Poppleton York YO26 6JW
Received 28 Aug 2026Land Comprising Field South Of Broad Lane Nether Poppleton York
Received 28 Aug 2026The Old Vicarage Tyn Garth Acaster Malbis York YO23 2LX
Received 1 Sept 2026266 Burton Stone Lane York YO30 6HA
Received 1 Sept 2026Field House Malton Road Heworth York YO31 9LT
Received 1 Sept 202634 Leeside York YO24 2PR
Received 1 Sept 202624 The Horseshoe York YO24 1LX
Received 1 Sept 20261 Linton Road Nether Poppleton York YO26 6LT
Received 1 Sept 202620 Galtres Avenue York YO31 1JT
Received 1 Sept 2026Playing Field At Junction With Field Lane And University Road Heslington York
Received 28 Jun 2026102 Heworth Green York YO31 7TQ
Received 1 Sept 2026Hempland Cp School Whitby Avenue York YO31 1ET
Received 1 Sept 2026Grange Lodge Guest House 52 Bootham Crescent York YO30 7AH
Received 2 Sept 202618 Longfield Terrace York YO30 7DJ
Received 2 Sept 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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