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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Yorkshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Apr 2025 to 23 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Horseshoe Overlook Ash Lane Church Fenton Leeds North Yorkshire LS25 6HB
Received 27 Mar 2026Frazer Theatre High Street Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 0EQ
Received 30 Mar 2026Tinkers Hollow Church Field Lane Great Ouseburn North Yorkshire YO26 9SG
Received 30 Mar 2026Ramshaw Farm Street Lane Pickhill Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 4LA
Received 31 Mar 202646 Haig Street Selby YO8 4BY
Received 1 Apr 202638 Avenue Victoria Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 2QT
Received 2 Apr 2026The Byre Buttersyke Farm Walton Head Lane Kirkby Overblow North Yorkshire HG3 1JA
Received 30 Mar 2026Chapel House The Green Nun Monkton Village Nun Monkton North Yorkshire YO26 8EW
Received 9 Apr 2026Thorpe Willoughby Sports Association Field Lane Sports Centre Field Lane Thorpe Willoughby North Yorkshire YO8 9FL
Received 13 Apr 2026Reynard Crag Holiday Park Reynard Crag Lane High Birstwith North Yorkshire HG3 2JQ
Received 14 Apr 2026125 Longwestgate Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 1RQ
Received 15 Apr 202650 Leeds Road Selby YO8 4HX
Received 15 Apr 2026Plantation House Cawood Road Wistow North Yorkshire YO8 3XB
Received 16 Apr 202668-70 Union Street Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 1BS
Received 16 Apr 2026Land At 462462 428656 Honeypot Farm Hagg Bush Lane Burn North Yorkshire
Received 20 Apr 20266 Royal Crescent Whitby North Yorkshire YO21 3EJ
Received 20 Apr 202615 Horndale Road Filey North Yorkshire YO14 9EP
Received 20 Apr 2026Primrose Valley Holiday Village Primrose Avenue Primrose Valley Filey North Yorkshire YO14 9RF
Received 20 Apr 202665 Seamer Road Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 4EF
Received 20 Apr 2026Ground Floor Flat Norbury Weaponness Drive Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 2TZ
Received 20 Apr 202610 & 12 Dean Road Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 7SN
Received 21 Apr 2026170 Scalby Road Woodlands Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 6TB
Received 21 Apr 2026Cherry Trees Westwood Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 2JD
Received 22 Apr 202611 Gateforth Court Hambleton North Yorkshire YO8 9GX
Received 23 Apr 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 North Yorkshire 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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