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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723 approved · 122 refused · 44 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Santander 7 High Ousegate York YO1 8RZ
Received 8 Sept 202654 Monkgate York YO31 7PF
Received 8 Sept 202633 The Green Acomb York YO26 5LL
Received 8 Sept 20269 White Rose Grove New Earswick York YO32 4AE
Received 8 Sept 20268 White Rose Grove New Earswick York YO32 4AE
Received 8 Sept 202615 Heslington Lane York YO10 4HN
Received 9 Sept 2026The Bungalow Landing Lane Haxby York YO32 2NB
Received 9 Sept 202640 Fordlands Road York YO19 4QG
Received 7 Sept 2026The Minster Clinic 91 - 93 Nunnery Lane York YO23 1AH
Received 9 Sept 202631 Cherry Wood Crescent York YO19 4QL
Received 9 Sept 202614 Newton Terrace York YO1 6HE
Received 9 Sept 20269 Stanley Street York YO31 8NW
Received 9 Sept 2026Brook Nook Murton Way York YO19 5UN
Received 9 Sept 20266 Marygate Mews Marygate York YO30 7EN
Received 10 Sept 202624 Kyme Street York YO1 6HG
Received 10 Sept 2026Flat 1 19 St Georges Place York YO24 1DT
Received 10 Sept 2026Ryder Cottage 20 Main Street Nether Poppleton York YO26 6HS
Received 10 Sept 202630 Melton Avenue York YO30 5QE
Received 8 Sept 2026Anvil Lodge Wheldrake Lane Crockey Hill York YO19 4SH
Received 10 Sept 202648 Main Street Bishopthorpe York YO23 2RB
Received 10 Sept 2026Pizza Base 147 Beckfield Lane York YO26 5PJ
Received 11 Sept 2026166 Fulford Road York YO10 4DA
Received 11 Sept 20269 Bootham Crescent York YO30 7AJ
Received 11 Sept 202666 Shipton Road Clifton York YO30 5RQ
Received 11 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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