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144 approved · 13 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Alverley Lane Balby Doncaster DN4 9AP
Received 31 Jul 2026Land At Former Colliery Campsall Road Askern Doncaster
Received 31 Jul 202635 Market Place Doncaster DN1 1NE
Received 31 Jul 202625A St Wilfrids Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 6AA
Received 28 Jul 2026Rossington Hall Great North Road Rossington Doncaster DN11 0HR
Received 3 Aug 202629 Lings Lane Hatfield Doncaster DN7 6AB
Received 3 Aug 2026La Tasse Tea Pot Corner Tan Pit Lane Clayton Doncaster DN5 7DB
Received 3 Aug 2026156 Church Lane Cantley Doncaster DN4 6RY
Received 3 Aug 202615 - 17 Kingsgate Doncaster DN1 3JZ
Received 3 Aug 2026Land Adj To Good Cop Farm Low Levels Bank Hatfield Doncaster DN8 5TB
Received 3 Aug 2026Outside Of 55 Church Road Edlington Doncaster DN12 1AX
Received 3 Aug 2026Brodsworth Manor Ling Field Road Brodsworth Doncaster DN5 7XN
Received 3 Aug 20261 Horton View Kirk Sandall Doncaster DN3 1SD
Received 3 Aug 2026Meadow Cottage 89 Sunderland Street Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QH
Received 4 Aug 2026Land At Cammidge Way Bessacarr Doncaster
Received 4 Aug 202650 Thorne Road Doncaster DN1 2JW
Received 4 Aug 2026Meadow Cottage 89 Sunderland Street Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QH
Received 4 Aug 2026Land To The Side Of 55A Adwick Road Mexborough S64 0AG
Received 4 Aug 202632 Whin Hill Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7AF
Received 4 Aug 20263 Plantation Avenue Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 6SR
Received 4 Aug 2026OS 34 And OPP 21Hill Top Crescent Edlington Doncaster
Received 3 Aug 202611 Castle Hill Fold Hickleton Doncaster DN5 7BG
Received 4 Aug 2026Brodsworth Manor Ling Field Road Brodsworth Doncaster DN5 7XN
Received 3 Aug 20263 Twigg Crescent Armthorpe Doncaster DN3 2FP
Received 5 Aug 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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