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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144 approved · 13 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elmhurst York Road Scawthorpe Doncaster DN5 7UL
Received 13 Aug 20268A St Wilfrids Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 6AA
Received 14 Aug 202682 Forresters Close Norton Doncaster DN6 9HX
Received 11 Aug 2026Hungerhill Business Park Herald Road Edenthorpe Doncaster DN3 2JY
Received 13 Aug 2026Doncaster Gateway Trafford Way Doncaster
Received 14 Aug 20261 Oak Tree Road Bawtry Doncaster DN10 6LD
Received 14 Aug 202663 Bawtry Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7AD
Received 14 Aug 202617 Saxton Avenue Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7AY
Received 14 Aug 2026Outside Of 40, 45, 51 And 55 Roberts Road Balby Doncaster DN4 0JF
Received 12 Aug 2026Land South Of Hurst Lane Auckley Doncaster
Received 14 Aug 2026Land South Of Hurst Lane Auckley Doncaster
Received 14 Aug 2026Sanibel Main Street Hatfield Woodhouse Doncaster DN7 6NF
Received 14 Aug 2026Land To The South Of Green Lane Scawthorpe Doncaster DN5 7UP
Received 14 Aug 2026Unit 5 Decoy Bank North Lakeside Doncaster DN4 5JR
Received 17 Aug 20266A Whin Hill Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7AE
Received 17 Aug 202614 Armthorpe Lane Wheatley Hills Doncaster DN2 5LZ
Received 17 Aug 202639 Westgate Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9NF
Received 17 Aug 202618 Magenta Crescent Balby Doncaster DN4 8EA
Received 18 Aug 20261 Burnham Close Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7RE
Received 18 Aug 202617 Pinfold Lane Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9NR
Received 18 Aug 202634 Central Drive New Rossington Doncaster DN11 0JB
Received 18 Aug 2026Communication Mast DN0068 Manor Farm Denbrook Lane Conisbrough Rotherham DN12 2AL
Received 13 Aug 202639 Westgate Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9NF
Received 17 Aug 2026Outside Of 16 Howbeck Drive Edlington Doncaster DN12 1PW
Received 17 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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