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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714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Registered26/04515/DVCON
Variation of conditions 1 (Plans), 2 (External materials details) and 6 (External improvement works details) in relation to ZF24/01910/FL
6 Grape Lane Whitby North Yorkshire YO22 4BA
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04516/DVCON
Variation of conditions 1 (Plans) and 2 (Heritage works details) of planning permission ref: ZF24/01911/LB
6 Grape Lane Whitby North Yorkshire YO22 4BA
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04517/CLOPUD
Certificate of lawful (proposed) development consisting of single storey rear extension
2 College Croft Hesley Lane Rathmell North Yorkshire BD24 0LG
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04518/DISCON
Approval of details under condition 3 (Ecological Survey) and 8 (Wall/Railings Detail) of planning permission CRA2023/24884/VAR Application to vary condition no 10 (Amenity - use of study) to approved planning permission referenced 2022/23978/FUL
163 Keighley Road Cowling North Yorkshire BD22 0AH
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Decided26/04521/DISCON
Discharge of Condition 4 (materials) to previously approved application ZB24/02003/FUL
Somerset House 4 Croft Hill Carthorpe Bedale North Yorkshire DL8 2PL
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04522/FUL
Proposed external alterations including new windows and rooflights.
Nuffield Health Fitness And Wellbeing Hornbeam Park Drive Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 8QT
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04523/FUL
Erection of single storey front extension.
Low Ling Park Farm Hardings Lane Middleton North Yorkshire LS29 0EG
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04524/FUL
Erection of 1no. dwellinghouse and alterations and extensions to existing dwelling house to form ancillary accommodation.
Orchard Cliffs Briggate To Bunkers Hill Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 8BQ
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04525/FUL
Erection of single storey side extension and change of use of land to domestic
Honeysuckle Barn Missies Lane Galphay North Yorkshire HG4 3NU
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04526/FUL
Single storey rear extension with balcony and dormer windows to rear and side elevation
18 The Oval Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 3AP
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Decided26/04527/DISCON
Discharge of Condition 3 to previously approved application ZB26/00486/FUL
Aldwark Manor Estate Aldwark Manor Track Aldwark North Yorkshire YO61 1UF
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04528/TPO
Application for consent to reduce 1No Sycamore tree by approximately 1-2m covered by TPO 3/1979
Sycamore Lodge Brayton Lane Brayton North Yorkshire YO8 9DU
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04531/FUL
Change of use of agricultural land to provide additional vehicle parking area.
Axholme Farm Chapel Street Cattal North Yorkshire YO26 8DY
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04532/DISCON
Approval of details under Condition 9 (Nesting Birds), Condition 12 (Contaminated Land) and Informative 2 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) of planning permission 25/02972/FUL Conversion of outbuildings with 3no. single storey extensions, alterations to fenestration, erection of detached garage and formation of new vehicular access to create 1no. new dwelling.
Low Hall Copgrove Lane Farnham North Yorkshire HG5 9JF
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04533/DVCON
Section 73 application for the Variation of Condition 2 (approved drawings) of Planning Permission 26/01807/FUL (Demolition of existing rear porch, detached garage and outbuilding. Erection of new 2 storey side extension, front porch and detached garage. Alterations to fenestration) to allow alterations to the approved plans.
3 Knaresborough Road North Deighton North Yorkshire LS22 4EL
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04535/TCON
Works to trees in Eastby Conservation Area: Felling of 1.no Horse Chestnut (T1), 1.no Silver Birch (T4) and 1.no Holly (T5) including Crown Thinning of 1.no Mountain Ash (T2) and 1.no Cherry (T3) situated to northern roadside garden
Keepers Cottages 8-10 Barden Road Eastby North Yorkshire BD23 6SN
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/04536/LB
Conversion of an existing outbuilding or garage into ancillary residential accommodation.
The Mount Church Street Topcliffe North Yorkshire YO7 3PA
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Decided26/04537/DISCON
Approval of details under Condition 33 (Post Construction Stage Certificate from BRE) of planning permission cc - S73 Application for Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of Planning Permission 21/05436/FULMAJ (Erection ofretail development (Class E(a)), Petrol Filling Station, revised access, newroundabout and widening to Skipton Road, car parking, landscaping andassociated works).
Site Of North East Gas Offices And Service Centre Skipton Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 3DW
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Decided26/04539/ADV
Advertisement consent for 2x Starbucks wordmark signs; 3x Roundel signs; 1x "Drive Thru" sign; 1x Banner Frame (replacement for existing Tim Horton's); Direct replacement of existing Tim Horton's drive thru signage
Restaurant Three Lakes Retail Park Selby North Yorkshire YO8 8LY
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Decided26/04543/AMENDS
Non-material amendment to planning permission 25/02870/DVCON (Variation of conditions 2, 21 and 22 of planning permission HGT22/04938/FUL - Full planning application for demolition of existing garage and part of existing buildings, alterations and extensions to the existing buildings to increase care home bedrooms from 40 to 60 (Use Class C2), proposed landscaping, site access improvement and associated works. Temporary stationing of 9 no. portacabins.) to allow extension of time period for retaining the portacabins on site.
Apley Grange 35 Oatlands Drive Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 8JT
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04544/OUT
Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access for up to seven dwellinghouses
Land Comprising Field At 433648 452489 Pannal Road Follifoot North Yorkshire HG3 1DR
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Decided26/04545/PNA
Prior Notifcation for a proposed grain store
Highfield Farm Boroughbridge Road Ferrensby North Yorkshire HG5 0PZ
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04546/FUL
Single storey rear and side extension
Fernleigh Knaresborough Road Bishop Monkton North Yorkshire HG3 3QQ
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04547/FUL
Conversion of existing ancillary annexe accommodation to short-term holiday let accommodation
The Crown Inn Grewelthorpe Village Grewelthorpe North Yorkshire HG4 3BS
Received 4 Aug 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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