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144 approved · 13 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
22 Crossways North Wheatley Hills Doncaster DN2 5SL
Received 7 Jul 2026Site Adjacent To Askew Building Heavens Walk Lakeside Doncaster DN4 5HZ
Received 7 Jul 202658A Bank Street Mexborough S64 9LL
Received 8 Jul 20269 Greystone Close Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QL
Received 6 Jul 20262 Warnington Drive Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 6SS
Received 8 Jul 2026Quarry South Of Woodhouse Lane Hatfield Doncaster DN7 6AY
Received 8 Jul 2026Red House Farm Doncaster Road High Melton Doncaster DN5 7SU
Received 6 Jul 2026Land Off Hurst Lane Auckley Doncaster DN9 3HQ
Received 7 Jul 2026The Old Chapel New Hill Conisbrough Doncaster DN12 3HA
Received 9 Jul 2026Land Off Crabgate Lane Skellow Doncaster DN6 8JY
Received 9 Jul 2026Progress Rail Roberts Road Balby Doncaster DN4 0JT
Received 9 Jul 2026Wincanton Middle Bank House Middle Bank Lakeside Doncaster DN4 5PF
Received 9 Jul 202632 Park Drive Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 7LA
Received 9 Jul 202653 Stoops Lane Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7RZ
Received 9 Jul 20266 Castle Avenue Conisbrough Doncaster DN12 3BT
Received 9 Jul 2026307 Bawtry Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7PA
Received 9 Jul 202620 Church Lane Barnby Dun Doncaster DN3 1EN
Received 9 Jul 20263 Burnham Close Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7RE
Received 10 Jul 202623 The Sycamores Scawthorpe Doncaster DN5 7UH
Received 10 Jul 2026179 Zetland Road Town Fields Doncaster DN2 5EL
Received 7 Jul 202611 Brooke Street Thorne Doncaster DN8 4AX
Received 10 Jul 2026Land On Part Of Former Brodsworth Colliery Site Long Lands Lane Brodsworth DN5 7XB
Received 10 Jul 2026Nationwide 23 - 25 St Sepulchre Gate Doncaster DN1 1TD
Received 10 Jul 202676 Elmhirst Road Thorne Doncaster DN8 5HH
Received 10 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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