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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144 approved · 13 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cheswold Park Hospital Cheswold Lane Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 8AR
Received 25 Aug 2026137 Sunderland Street Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9ES
Received 19 Aug 202676 Lime Tree Avenue Belle Vue Doncaster DN4 5BW
Received 19 Aug 202662 Rosedale Road Bentley Doncaster DN5 0JP
Received 19 Aug 2026Wincanton Middle Bank House Middle Bank Lakeside Doncaster DN4 5PF
Received 20 Aug 202663 Bawtry Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7AD
Received 25 Aug 202651 Ash Dale Road Warmsworth Doncaster DN4 9NG
Received 20 Aug 2026Outside Of 3 The Meadow Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 7YF
Received 25 Aug 2026Queen Elizabeth Court Queen Street Thorne Doncaster DN8 5AL
Received 25 Aug 20266A Whin Hill Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7AE
Received 25 Aug 2026Compton Acres 54 Chapel Lane Branton Doncaster DN3 3NG
Received 26 Aug 2026Nunmoor Farm High Bridge Road Thorne Doncaster DN8 5RY
Received 26 Aug 2026Bramwith Hall Bramwith Lane South Bramwith Doncaster DN7 5SJ
Received 26 Aug 2026Stone Garth Thorpe Lane Thorpe In Balne Doncaster DN6 0DZ
Received 26 Aug 20261 Ellis Crescent New Rossington Doncaster DN11 0QS
Received 26 Aug 202657 Wath Road Mexborough S64 9QZ
Received 26 Aug 2026Communication Station Rands Lane Armthorpe Doncaster DN3 3EH
Received 26 Aug 202617 Minneymoor Lane Conisbrough Doncaster DN12 3EL
Received 27 Aug 2026113 Windmill Avenue Conisbrough Doncaster DN12 2DR
Received 27 Aug 2026Plane Tree Farm High Street Barnburgh Doncaster DN5 7EP
Received 27 Aug 2026Plane Tree Farm High Street Barnburgh Doncaster DN5 7EP
Received 27 Aug 2026Sycamore Lodge Common Lane Hall Brig Clayton Doncaster DN5 7DB
Received 27 Aug 2026The Acorn Hatfield Lane Armthorpe Doncaster DN3 3HB
Received 27 Aug 20263 Beech House Croft Clifton Rotherham S66 7SL
Received 27 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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