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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144 approved · 13 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 High Road Balby Doncaster DN4 0NN
Received 3 Sept 2026The Hayfield School Hurst Lane Auckley Doncaster DN9 3HG
Received 4 Sept 2026Day Nursery The Courtyard Loversall Farm Bubup Hill Loversall Doncaster DN11 9DD
Received 4 Sept 20267 Lancaster Close Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9PZ
Received 4 Sept 2026All Saints Church Church Walk Denaby Main Doncaster DN12 4AJ
Received 7 Sept 2026Southlea House Lindrick Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QY
Received 7 Sept 2026Cherrytree Bungalow 8 Bronte Grove Mexborough S64 0EH
Received 7 Sept 202654 Muirfield Avenue Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 6UP
Received 7 Sept 2026Land At Grange Farm Mere Lane Armthorpe DN3 3EA
Received 7 Sept 2026Moor Hills Farm Mosscroft Lane Hatfield Doncaster DN7 6BD
Received 8 Sept 2026Land At Cammidge Way Bessacarr Doncaster
Received 8 Sept 2026Holly House Common Lane Clifton Rotherham S66 7RX
Received 8 Sept 2026Land Off Doncaster Road Branton Doncaster DN3 3NL
Received 7 Sept 20262 Silver Street Thorne Doncaster DN8 5DT
Received 8 Sept 202612 Lytham Close Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 6UT
Received 8 Sept 202615 Rawson Road Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9NG
Received 8 Sept 2026163 Bawtry Road Bessacarr Doncaster DN4 7AJ
Received 8 Sept 2026Home Lea Doncaster Road Branton Doncaster DN3 3LT
Received 8 Sept 20263 Beech House Croft Clifton Rotherham S66 7SL
Received 9 Sept 202626 Darrington Drive Warmsworth Doncaster DN4 9LF
Received 9 Sept 2026Thornycroft Broad Lane Sykehouse Goole DN14 9AU
Received 9 Sept 202628 St James Avenue Dunsville Doncaster DN7 4DN
Received 9 Sept 2026Ground Floor 24-26 Mill Street Armthorpe Doncaster DN3 3DL
Received 10 Sept 2026Ground Floor 24-26 Mill Street Armthorpe Doncaster DN3 3DL
Received 10 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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