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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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North Yorkshire Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Yorkshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,788Searchable applications
861Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 811 approved or refused records
97Refused applications
714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information View planning applicationsLocal plan Planning policyConservation areas Heritage, conservation areas and listed buildings
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas226 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
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More application records
- Permitted26/03405/CLOPUD
Lawful development certificate for proposed erection of summer room
30 Mill Lane Ryther North Yorkshire LS24 9EG
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03406/FUL
Retention of, extension to, and change of use of existing buildings and associated hardstanding for the repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, caravans and campervans, including ancillary storage (retrospective)
Bridge House Oxmoor Lane Biggin North Yorkshire LS25 6HJ
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03407/CLEUD
Lawful Development Certificate (existing) to establish only whether a lawful commencement of Unit A1 foundation works relating to planning permission CRA2021/22605/REM has been implemented.
Anley Crag Land To West Of B6480 Cammock Lane To Settle Bypass Settle North Yorkshire
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03408/CLEUD
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for use of timber-built cabin as a permanent single dwelling house (C3 use).
Hillside Barns Seamer Moor Lane Seamer Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 4NF
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03409/FUL
To replace wooden single glazed windows with double glazed UPVC units.
Harwood House 3 Princess Lane Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 1QS
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03410/FUL
Proposed alterations, including rear extension to replace existing conservatory.
10 Green Island Irton Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 4RN
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03411/DVCMAJ
Section 73 application to vary condition 02 (plans) of approval 2023/0222/FULM Residential development comprising 20 new dwellings along with site road and associated drives, parking and landscaping
Land To The South Of The Fossards Osgodby Selby North Yorkshire
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03413/FUL
Erection of single storey wrap around rear and side extension.
44 Beckwith Crescent Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 0BQ
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03414/FUL
Proposed replacement windows with Roseview Ultimate Rose sliding sash
Second Floor Flat 21 Prince Of Wales Terrace Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 2AN
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03415/FUL
Proposed replacement windows to front and rear
Flat 3 139 Castle Road Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 1HX
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03417/PROW
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Section 257 - Diversion of Footpath 10.29/3 in order to enable development to be carried out in accordance with planning application ZB24/00722/FUL - Construction of 1no. dwelling
Land To The East Of Ings Farm Cowesby Village Cowesby North Yorkshire YO7 2JL
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03419/FUL
Proposed erection of a canopy and associated external works.
Bettys Bakery Plumpton Park Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 7LD
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03420/PNA
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed new private way on agricultural land
Land At Pannal Road Follifoot North Yorkshire
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03423/TPO
Pruning of lower branches to create a maximum of 3 metres clearance from the edge of the building and roof of 1 no Beech (T1) within tree preservation order 1/1983.
2 Freemans Way Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 1DH
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03424/OUT
Outline planning application for the erection of seven dwellings, landscaping and associated works (details of access, layout and landscaping submitted for consideration). (Amended Plans and Additional Documents)
Land North Of Main Street Scotton North Yorkshire HG5 9HS
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03425/TPO
Fell 1 No Larix Decidua (T27) within tree preservation order 1/1971.
Grange Close Littlethorpe Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1TZ
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03427/FUL
Additional 800kW biomass heating installation including single flue (retrospective)
WS Bentley Growers Ltd Greenhouse 28A Moss Green Lane Carlton Selby North Yorkshire DN14 9PZ
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03429/DVCON
Section 73 application to remove or extend condition 1 (Time limit) of approval reference CRA2020/21820/NYCC for retrospective planning permission for the retention of an existing prefabricated classroom unit
Bradleys Both Community Primary School Skipton Road Low Bradley North Yorkshire BD20 9EF
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03431/FUL
Alterations to existing rear conservatory and erection of infill extension to rear
4 Merryfield Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 9DH
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03433/DISCON
Approval of details under Condition 3 (Material Samples) and Condition 4 (Sample Panel) of planning permission 25/02515/FUL Erection of 1no. Self-build dwelling and formation of parking and residential amenity areas. Demolition of existing buildings.
Windy Ridge Bilton Lane Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 4DN
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03434/FUL
Part infill of integral side covered way to form playroom / study and cloaks
Pear Tree Cottage Main Street Great Ouseburn North Yorkshire YO26 9RE
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03437/FUL
Erection of a detached single-storey ancillary accommodation building within the curtilage of 3 Campion Grove, Harrogate.
3 Campion Grove Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 2UG
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03438/PNA
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed purpose made stone pad for storage of straw and other dry goods.
Trotters Farm York Road York YO26 8EZ
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03439/FUL
Proposed Ground and First Floor extensions including internal modifications.
Highfield Cottage York Road Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 0SU
Received 26 Jun 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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