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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714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- Decided26/03440/LB
Listed Building Consent for the removal and rebuilding of chimney stack
East Wing Cottage Kirk Deighton Hall Mark Lane To Hall Kirk Deighton North Yorkshire LS22 4EF
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03441/DISCON
Approval of details under Condition 3 (Foul and Surface Water Drainage), Condition 4 (Development Flow Runoff), Condition 5 (Additional Flow Impact on Watercourse), Condition 6 (Exceedance Flow plan), Condition 7 (Finished Floor Levels), Condition 12 (External Details - Colour) and Condition 14 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) of planning permission 21/02960/FUL (Change of use of land for the siting of static caravans and camping pods)
Haynes Arms Jeator Houses Kirby Sigston To Jeator Houses Kirby Sigston North Yorkshire DL6 3TD
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03442/OUT
Outline planning application with some matters reserved considering access for construction of a single detached dwelling on land adjacent Springwell Lane
Land Adjacent To Springwell Lane Castle Hills Northallerton North Yorkshire DL7 8UT
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03445/FUL
Two storey front elevation extension, alteration to existing garage including additional ground floor front elevation window and a single storey rear extension
4 Hazel Drive Burn Bridge North Yorkshire HG3 1NY
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03447/DISCON
Application to discharge Condition 3 (Use of land for holiday chalets only ) on planning permission : 03/01968/FL.
Saxon Park Lodges Former Seamer Quarry Seamer Road Crossgates Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 4ND
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03448/FUL
Loft conversion including the installation of side and rear rooflights and a new window opening within the front gable elevation.
3 Ure Bank Terrace Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1JG
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03449/DVCON
Section 73 application to vary condition 11 (Material change from Timber) of planning permission 03/01968/FL decision date 20/10/2004.
Saxon Park Lodges Former Seamer Quarry Seamer Road Crossgates Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 4ND
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03451/SCREEN
EIA Screening Report and EIA Screening Cover Letter provided in support of the request for an EIA Screening Opinion in relation to the Springhill Reservoir project
Land Located South-West Of Lightfoots Road Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 5NR
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03453/DVCON
Section 73 application for Variation of Condition No. 2 (approved drawings) of Planning Permission HGTZC24/01119/FUL (Full Planning Application for the Residential Development of 4no. dwellings following demolition of existing buildings) to allow for alterations of approved plans.
Low Lane Farm High Street Spofforth Wetherby North Yorkshire HG3 1BQ
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03454/FUL
Installation of replacement windows in uPVC
Ground Floor Flat 32 Filey Road Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 2TU
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03455/TCON
Tcon application of T1 Silver Birch Crown reduction by 2.5m vertically and 1.5m laterally.
Newton House York Road Sutton On The Forest York North Yorkshire YO61 1DZ
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03462/AMENDS
Non-material amendment to allow the rewording of Condition 40 to Planning Permission HGT20/01706/EIAMAJ - Outline application, with access off Whinney Lane, for the erection of up to 224 residential dwellings and a new school with associated roads, parking, landscaping, drainage and open space (all matters reserved) - ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING INFORMATION RECEIVED on 24th and 28th May 2024. in relation to Air Quality, Ecology, Highways and an updeted Non-Technical Summary to the Environmental Impact Statement.
Land Comprising Field At 428984 452916 Castle Hill Farm Whinney Lane Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 1QF
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03467/FUL
Erection of dwelling following demolition of existing
West View Main Road Hirst Courtney North Yorkshire YO8 8QT
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03470/PNA
Purpose made agri track allowing access to main ring fenced block of land without going through the residential barn conversion development at Marston Grange, which would limit residential amenity to future occupiers.
Marston Grange Tockwith Road York YO26 7PL
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03472/TPO
Fell 2no. Sycamore (T003 and T006) and remove southern leader (by 2-3m) of 1no. Sycamore (T007) of Tree Preservation Order 01/1959 W5
Abbey Cottage 49 Abbey Road Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 8HX
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03473/TPO
Works to trees with a Preservation Order: Crown reduction of 1no. Sycamore tree (T5) and 1no. Beech tree (T6) of TPO no. 160/2007
30 Hayton Way Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1DQ
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03474/DISCON
Application for discharge of statutory Biodiversity Gain Plan and HMMP
Thackwray House Farm Thackwray Housetrack Gatenby North Yorkshire
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03475/DVCON
Application for the variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans), Condition 12 (Construction Traffic) and Condition 13 (Construction Management Plan) of planning permission ZB23/02461/FUL (Installation of a solar farm comprising ground mounted solar PV panels with a generating capacity of up to 49.99MW(AC), including mounting framework, inverters, underground cabling, stock proof fence, CCTV, internal tracks and associated infrastructure, landscaping, biodiversity net gain, permanent grid connection hub and environmental enhancements for a temporary period of 50 years)
Land South Of Pilmoor Grange Pilmoor North Yorkshire
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03476/PNA
The proposed track and access is designed solely for the purpose of providing an access to the poultry site. The turns on the road have a 15m radii to allow access by HGV articulated lorries serving the farm.
Oaklands Church Lane Moor Monkton North Yorkshire YO26 8LA
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03477/FUL
Replacement 2 storey extension to existing residential cottage, 2 storey extension to side of outbuilding (replacing existing single storey) and conversion of outbuilding into habitable accommodation
Brackenthwaite Cottage Hill Foot Lane Pannal North Yorkshire HG3 1NX
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03478/FUL
Two-storey side extension and single-storey rear extension to existing dwelling.
40 Kings Meadows Sowerby North Yorkshire YO7 1PA
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03479/AMENDS
Non-material amendment to allow alterations to extension to Planning Permission Previous Permission No 25/02022/FUL - Proposed single storey rear extension and a new side door opening.
30 Woodlands Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 7AY
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03480/TCON
Lateral reduction (by 1.5m) of 1no. Rowan (T1) with maximum pruning cuts of 35mm (red line in submitted photo) within Harrogate Conservation Area
6A St Georges Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 9BS
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Registered26/03481/FUL
Erection of extension to front/east elevation of existing food hall
Garage C 59 Main Street Seamer Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 4QD
Received 26 Jun 2026
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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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