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714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Over Nidd Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 3DB
Received 30 Jul 2026Ye Olde Oak Inn Well House Farm To Kalashandy Warehouse Low Laithe North Yorkshire HG3 4BU
Received 30 Jul 20262 Northfield Way Scalby Scarborough North Yorkshire YO13 0PW
Received 30 Jul 2026Skipton Girls High School Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QL
Received 30 Jul 2026Flawith Farm Flawith Village Flawith North Yorkshire YO61 1SF
Received 30 Jul 2026St James Church Main Street Bilbrough North Yorkshire YO23 3PH
Received 30 Jul 20264 Bower Street Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5BQ
Received 29 Jul 2026Brooms Farm Wide Howe Lane To The Brooms Baldersby St James North Yorkshire YO7 4PT
Received 30 Jul 2026Land At Lothersdale North Yorkshire BD20 8HH
Received 30 Jul 2026Dyneley House Surgery Newmarket Street Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 2HZ
Received 30 Jul 2026Street Record Hungate Close Saxton North Yorkshire
Received 30 Jul 20261 Rossett Drive Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 9NS
Received 30 Jul 202667-68 Baxtergate Whitby North Yorkshire YO21 1BL
Received 30 Jul 2026Mayfield Station Road Kirk Hammerton North Yorkshire YO26 8DQ
Received 30 Jul 2026Tree Fields Turnpike Lane Bickerton North Yorkshire LS22 5EP
Received 30 Jul 20265 The Crofts Farnhill North Yorkshire BD20 9AG
Received 31 Jul 20266 Topcliffe Court Selby North Yorkshire YO8 3WB
Received 31 Jul 2026Barolin Farm West End Westerns Lane To Ingerthorpe Grange Markington North Yorkshire HG3 3PD
Received 31 Jul 202650 Westborough Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 1YJ
Received 31 Jul 2026Land To South Green Head Farm Cross Lane Low Bentham North Yorkshire LA2 7ES
Received 31 Jul 2026Horseshoe Barn East Lane Yafforth North Yorkshire DL7 0LH
Received 31 Jul 2026Kimbridge Exelby Village Exelby North Yorkshire DL8 2HD
Received 31 Jul 2026Church Of St Michael And All Angels Church Row Otley Road Beckwithshaw North Yorkshire HG3 1QW
Received 31 Jul 2026Holmefield House Harrogate Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1ST
Received 31 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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