Understanding planning · 13 min read
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714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
West End Farm Main Street Appleton Roebuck North Yorkshire YO23 7DD
Received 20 Jul 2026Unit 4 Westgate House Albert Street Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 1JX
Received 20 Jul 2026Home Farm House Main Street Alne North Yorkshire YO61 1TB
Received 20 Jul 202629 Pinhaw Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 2SJ
Received 20 Jul 2026Land To The North Of Portland Way Leeming Bar Industrial Estate Leeming Bar North Yorkshire DL7 9UH
Received 20 Jul 2026Land Comprising Field At 432393 459243 Havikil Lane Scotton North Yorkshire
Received 20 Jul 2026Access Serving Ewe Cote Whitby North Yorkshire
Received 20 Jul 2026Skipton Services Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1UD
Received 20 Jul 20263 Acorn Way Thorpe Willoughby North Yorkshire YO8 9FN
Received 20 Jul 202612 Grove Avenue Burton Leonard North Yorkshire HG3 3FH
Received 20 Jul 202613 Hymas Court Burton Leonard North Yorkshire HG3 3FE
Received 20 Jul 202620 Park Parade Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5AF
Received 20 Jul 20262 Willow Gardens Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 9NZ
Received 21 Jul 2026Thorn Bank Scarah Lane Burton Leonard North Yorkshire HG3 3RS
Received 21 Jul 2026High Mill Cottage High Street Markington North Yorkshire HG3 3NX
Received 21 Jul 20261 Tower Gardens Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 2BF
Received 21 Jul 20269 Main Street Seamer Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 4RF
Received 21 Jul 20262 Oak Mount Court Romanby North Yorkshire DL6 1PA
Received 21 Jul 202618B Roman Road Leeming North Yorkshire DL7 9SG
Received 21 Jul 2026Harrogate Water Brands Limited Harlow Moor Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 0QB
Received 21 Jul 202622-30 Parliament Street Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2RQ
Received 21 Jul 2026Land To The North Of Airedale Avenue, Skipton
Received 17 Jul 2026Land North Of Corner House Station Road South Otterington North Yorkshire DL7 9HZ
Received 21 Jul 2026Kenton 15 Lumley Lane Kirkby Fleetham North Yorkshire DL7 0SH
Received 21 Jul 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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