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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.
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144 approved · 13 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Post Office Main Street Mexborough S64 9DP
Received 27 Jul 202662 Copley Road Doncaster DN1 2QW
Received 24 Jul 2026Land North Of Ashton Lane Braithwell Rotherham S66 7AJ
Received 23 Jul 202616 Oswin Avenue Balby Doncaster DN4 0PA
Received 27 Jul 20268 Lilac Grove Bawtry Doncaster DN10 6LN
Received 28 Jul 2026The Old Court House 74 Waterdale Doncaster DN1 3DE
Received 28 Jul 202649 Brook Way Arksey Doncaster DN5 0TX
Received 28 Jul 2026Pebble Ridge Stone Cross Drive Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 7QH
Received 28 Jul 2026Evans Halshaw Heavens Walk Lakeside Doncaster DN4 5JH
Received 28 Jul 202627 Milton Road Branton Doncaster DN3 3NX
Received 29 Jul 2026Land Adjacent To 6 Kingsbury Court Scawthorpe Doncaster DN5 7TJ
Received 29 Jul 2026312 Balby Road Balby Doncaster DN4 0QF
Received 29 Jul 202665 Blossom Crescent Balby Doncaster DN4 8FJ
Received 29 Jul 2026Rose House Bungalow High Levels Bank Thorne Doncaster DN8 5SH
Received 30 Jul 2026Horseshoes Lindrick Lane Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9RA
Received 30 Jul 2026Land Off Doncaster Road Askern Doncaster DN6 0AL
Received 30 Jul 2026The Boat Inn Lower Sprotbrough Nursery Lane Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 7NB
Received 27 Jul 2026High Melton College Site Doncaster Road High Melton Doncaster DN5 7SZ
Received 30 Jul 2026High Melton College Site Doncaster Road High Melton Doncaster DN5 7SZ
Received 30 Jul 2026Cantley Water Tower Church Lane Cantley Doncaster DN4 6QA
Received 27 Jul 2026OS 4 Benita Avenue Mexborough S64 0NB
Received 29 Jul 2026Tanners (formerly Hawthorn) Cottage Fenwick Lane Fenwick Doncaster DN6 0EZ
Received 31 Jul 2026KFC Lakeside Village Wilmington Drive Lakeside Doncaster DN4 5PH
Received 31 Jul 2026Near 4 Star Court Moss Road Moss Doncaster DN6 0FN
Received 30 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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