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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144 approved · 13 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off West End Lane New Rossington Doncaster DN11 0PS
Received 5 Aug 2026Land Off West End Lane New Rossington Doncaster DN11 0PS
Received 5 Aug 2026167 Melton Road Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 7NS
Received 5 Aug 2026Stone Acre Doncaster Road High Melton Doncaster DN5 7SU
Received 5 Aug 2026Kensington House Moss Road Askern Doncaster DN6 0JX
Received 5 Aug 202632 Whin Hill Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7AF
Received 4 Aug 2026The Manor House Ash Hill Road Hatfield Doncaster DN7 6JG
Received 6 Aug 202645 New Street Bentley Doncaster DN5 0AZ
Received 6 Aug 2026Eco Power Stadium Stadium Way Lakeside Doncaster DN4 5JW
Received 6 Aug 2026Churchyard All Saints Church Hooton Pagnell Village Streets Hooton Pagnell Doncaster DN5 7BW
Received 6 Aug 202612 Warning Tongue Lane Cantley Doncaster DN4 6TD
Received 7 Aug 20262 St Wilfrids Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 6AA
Received 7 Aug 2026Land At New Edlington Wood House Broomhouse Lane Edlington Doncaster DN12 1EP
Received 5 Aug 202617 - 31 Church Street Mexborough S64 0EW
Received 6 Aug 2026Land At High Street Austerfield Doncaster DN10 6QT
Received 7 Aug 2026Sunrise House Bawtry Road Hatfield Woodhouse Doncaster DN7 6PH
Received 7 Aug 2026Eco Power Stadium Stadium Way Doncaster DN4 5JW
Received 10 Aug 2026Doncaster Golf Club Bawtry Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7PD
Received 10 Aug 2026Land At Cammidge Way Bessacarr Doncaste
Received 10 Aug 2026Land At Cammidge Way Bessacarr Doncaster
Received 10 Aug 2026Stonefields Common Lane Clifton Rotherham S66 7RX
Received 10 Aug 202615 St Michaels Close Thorne Doncaster DN8 5QQ
Received 10 Aug 2026Mount Pleasant Hotel Great North Road Rossington Doncaster DN11 0HW
Received 10 Aug 2026Craggs House Stables Lane Barnburgh Doncaster DN5 7EJ
Received 10 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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