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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
144 approved · 13 refused · 4 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2026 to 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
2 Partridge Flatt Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 6SD
Received 26 Jun 2026Montagu Hospital Doncaster And Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Adwick Road Mexborough S64 0AZ
Received 26 Jun 202645 Church Balk Gardens Edenthorpe Doncaster DN3 2NT
Received 26 Jun 2026The Co-operative Bank 29 - 31 St Sepulchre Gate Doncaster DN1 1TD
Received 26 Jun 2026Mooreacres Camping Remple Lane Hatfield Woodhouse Doncaster DN7 6NU
Received 26 Jun 20261 Beech House Croft Clifton Rotherham S66 7SL
Received 29 Jun 202615 Stanley Road Sunnyfields Doncaster DN5 8RR
Received 29 Jun 202661 Littlemoor Lane Balby Doncaster DN4 0LQ
Received 29 Jun 202641 Holyrood Road Town Fields Doncaster DN2 5HR
Received 24 Jun 202654 Woodhouse Road Wheatley Doncaster DN2 4DF
Received 26 Jun 2026Adwick Primary School Lower Stafford Road Woodlands Doncaster DN6 7LW
Received 29 Jun 2026Tanks And Vessels Industries Limited Bankwood Lane New Rossington Doncaster DN11 0PS
Received 29 Jun 2026Bankwood Lane New Rossington Doncaster
Received 29 Jun 2026Woodland To The Rear Of St Wilfrids Church Church Lane Cantley Doncaster DN4 6QR
Received 29 Jun 2026Land Opposite Glebe Cottage Chapel Hill Clayton Doncaster DN5 7DF
Received 29 Jun 202627 St Wilfrids Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 6AA
Received 29 Jun 20262 Langdale Close Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9UY
Received 30 Jun 2026Lavender House 17 South Farm Drive Skellow Doncaster DN6 8SE
Received 30 Jun 2026Communication Station 18464 Rear Of Unit 3 Crompton Business Park Crompton Road Wheatley Doncaster DN2 4PA
Received 25 Jun 2026Lawnwood Green Lane Brodsworth Doncaster DN5 7UY
Received 26 Jun 202612 Centurion Fields Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7EN
Received 30 Jun 202611 Clayfield Avenue Mexborough S64 0HY
Received 30 Jun 2026Unit 1a Wheatley Hall Retail Centre Wheatley Hall Road Wheatley Doncaster DN2 4PE
Received 1 Jul 202610 Christ Church Road Doncaster DN1 2QJ
Received 2 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 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough 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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