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144 approved · 13 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Jossey Lane Bentley Doncaster DN5 0BS
Received 27 Aug 2026Hatfield Woodhouse Village Hall Darking Ing Lane Hatfield Woodhouse Doncaster DN7 6GB
Received 27 Aug 20265 High Street Barnburgh Doncaster DN5 7EP
Received 27 Aug 20267 Birchwood Court Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 6TA
Received 28 Aug 2026113 Sprotbrough Road Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 8BW
Received 28 Aug 2026141 Marshland Road Moorends Doncaster DN8 4SU
Received 28 Aug 202612 Barnburgh Hall Gardens Barnburgh Doncaster DN5 7DS
Received 1 Sept 2026Green Lea Dirty Lane Fishlake Doncaster DN7 5LS
Received 31 Aug 202638 Thorne Road Edenthorpe Doncaster DN3 2JB
Received 1 Sept 2026Daneville Church Street Mexborough S64 0HF
Received 1 Sept 20266 Convent Grove Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7AR
Received 1 Sept 202610 The Paddock Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9HS
Received 1 Sept 2026Hawthorn Lodge Fox Lane Barnburgh Doncaster DN5 7ET
Received 1 Sept 202659 Harlington Road Mexborough S64 0DF
Received 27 Aug 2026Third Floor 19 - 21 Scot Lane Doncaster DN1 1EW
Received 1 Sept 2026Land To The Rear Of Mandalay Fenwick Common Lane Fenwick Doncaster DN6 0FB
Received 1 Sept 2026Hill House High Street Campsall Doncaster DN6 9AF
Received 2 Sept 2026Land To The Side Of 2 Willow Crescent Braithwell Rotherham S66 7AZ
Received 28 Aug 202666 The Hollows Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7PP
Received 1 Sept 2026357 Thorne Road Wheatley Hills Doncaster DN2 5AW
Received 2 Sept 202656 Sandringham Road Intake Doncaster DN2 5HZ
Received 1 Sept 2026Land North Of Windgate Hill Conisbrough Doncaster DN12 3EH
Received 3 Sept 20262 - 4 High Street Mexborough S64 9AW
Received 3 Sept 20265 Gorse Close Dunsville Doncaster DN7 4DS
Received 3 Sept 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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