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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714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided26/03716/TPO
Crown lift over the garden to a height of 4 metres (to the nearest appropriate pruning points), as well as this, the tree will be crown thinned on the south-east side, where the most prolific regrowth is to 1 No Oak (T2) tree protected by TPO 1/2022
Land Between Manor House And 3 Old Lane Hirst Courtney North Yorkshire
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03718/DVCON
Section 73 application for Deletion of Condition No.3 (Rooflights) and the Variation of Condition No. 2 (approved drawings) of Planning Permission HGT17/03683/FUL (Erection of single storey extension including fomation of roof light. Formation of dormer window. Alteration to fenestration.) to allow the installation of a non conservation style Velux Cabrio balcony roof window.
1 Orchard Terrace Horsefair Boroughbridge North Yorkshire YO51 9AF
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Registered26/03727/PCBSR
Prior Notification for the conversion of an existing commercial art gallery (Class E) to return the building into 2no. dwellinghouses (Class C3) by blocking internal walls
17-19 Cheltenham Mount Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 1DW
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Registered26/03726/FUL
Erection of 8 glamping pods to form new glamping site
Honey Pot Inn Reighton Reservoir To Speeton Gate Speeton Filey North Yorkshire YO14 9TA
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Registered26/03729/FUL
Demolition of existing stores and shed. Erection of replacement garage. Erection of porch and installation of window to kitchen
High Harefield Farm Ripley Bank Pateley Bridge North Yorkshire HG3 5DG
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03730/PNA
Prior notification for the Erection of drystores
The Bungalow West Hill Edge Lumley Lane Galphay North Yorkshire HG4 3PX
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03731/TCON
Fell 2 Eucalyptus (T1 and T2) in Harrogate Conservation Area.
4 St Magnus Court Cold Bath Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 0HN
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03733/TCON
T1 Cherry Tree - Customer has requested a reduction - Crown reduction to be completed 15 - 20%
Land Opposite 7 Church Lane Brompton By Sawdon North Yorkshire YO13 9DN
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03734/TPO
Removal of T3 + T8 raise low canopy on trees to 4.0 meters T5, T6, T10 and T11
Driver Vehicle Standards Agency Foundry House Carleton Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 2BE
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Registered26/03737/FUL
Erection of a detached two-storey two-bedroom dwelling with associated parking and access
12A Glebelands Kellingley North Yorkshire WF11 8DS
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03738/PNA
A General Purpose Agricultural Building 1.
Cockmoor Hall Cockmoor Hall To Keepers Cottage Snainton Scarborough North Yorkshire YO13 9PR
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03739/PNA
A General Purpose Agricultural Building 2.
Cockmoor Hall Cockmoor Hall To Keepers Cottage Snainton Scarborough North Yorkshire YO13 9PR
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03741/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension and patio area
Woodmanwray Chapel Dike Lane Farm To Grange House Dacre Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 4EY
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03742/AMENDS
Non-material amendment to planning permission HGT19/01399/FUL (Erection of 2no single storey extensions with installation of balcony, roof light and alterations to fenestration) to to allow alterations to the extension parapet wall to raise its height and subsequently adapting the glazed balustrade above it.
East Lodge Ripley Road Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 9HA
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Registered26/03743/LB
Proposed shed building for use as a beauty treatment room at forge cottage newsham grange farm
Office At Newsham Grange Newsham To Newsham Road Newsham North Yorkshire
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Registered26/03744/DVCON
Section 73 application for the Variation of Condition 7 (opening hours) of planning permission 26/01386/FUL (Change of use from storage, sale and distribution of manufactured joinery building materials (sui generis) to storage, sale and distribution of building materials, timber, joinery and sheet metal, decorating, plumbing and other associated bulky products for maintenance and improvement including kitchens and bathrooms and related products (sui generis) together with external alterations including reconfigured car parking, roof mounted photovoltaics, revised service yard enclosure, open sided canopy, external escape stair and associated works.) to alter opening hours to 6:00 to 20:00 Mondays to Saturday.
Plantation House Ripon Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2BS
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03745/FUL
Conversion of garage to habitable space including installation of rooflight and side window (retrospective)
Lilac Cottage 1 St Marys Court North Stainley North Yorkshire HG4 3HG
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Permitted26/03746/CLOPUD
Proposed ancillary use of one room as a home office/study for 1-to-1 professional counselling sessions.
9 Greenfield Road Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 2LP
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03747/DVCON
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) of approved planning permission referenced CRA2018/19898/HH for a two storey side and single storey side and front extension, demolition of existing garage and outbuildings and new storage building (Resubmission of previously approved application ref: 2017/18454/HH)
Croft Mount Silsden Road Low Bradley North Yorkshire BD20 9EB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Registered26/03748/FUL
Erection of an agricultural building for egg production.
Wellington Farm Black Swan Crossroads To Somerset House Ingleby Arncliffe North Yorkshire DL6 3JX
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Registered26/03749/FUL
Proposed shed building for use as a beauty treatment room
Office At Newsham Grange Newsham To Newsham Road Newsham North Yorkshire
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Registered26/03753/FUL
Proposed upgrading of existing Outbuilding
9 Woodfield View Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 4NB
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Registered26/03758/LB
Listed Building Consent for the like-for-like repair and partial replacement of the existing ground floor timber sash bay window and the bathroom timber sash window
Flat 1 27 Swan Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03759/TCON
Fell 2 No Holly (T1 and T2) in Green Hammerton conservation area.
Gains House The Green Green Hammerton North Yorkshire YO26 8BQ
Received 7 Jul 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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