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714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Abbey Lodge 6 Abbey Road Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 8HY
Received 21 Aug 2026115-116 Westborough Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 1LP
Received 20 Aug 2026Ripon Barracks Chatham Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 2RD
Received 21 Aug 202628 Princess Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1HS
Received 21 Aug 2026Cowgill Farm Old Road Thornton In Craven North Yorkshire BD23 3TB
Received 21 Aug 2026Old Saw Mill Marton Road Gargrave North Yorkshire BD23 3NN
Received 21 Aug 2026Old Saw Mill Marton Road Gargrave North Yorkshire BD23 3NN
Received 21 Aug 20266 The Crofts Farnhill North Yorkshire BD20 9AG
Received 21 Aug 2026Brooklyn Main Street Tollerton North Yorkshire YO61 1QQ
Received 21 Aug 2026Flat 1 10 Brunswick Drive Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2PZ
Received 24 Aug 2026Chimneys 4 Knaresborough Road North Deighton North Yorkshire LS22 4EL
Received 24 Aug 2026The Green Bewerley Farm To Turner Bridge Bewerley North Yorkshire HG3 5HS
Received 24 Aug 2026Hillcrest Little Studley Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1HD
Received 24 Aug 2026Apartment 4 The Osborne 2A South Park Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5QN
Received 24 Aug 20264 Chapel Close Marton Le Moor North Yorkshire HG4 5DQ
Received 24 Aug 2026Park Place Park Parade Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5NS
Received 24 Aug 2026Park Place Park Parade Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5NS
Received 24 Aug 2026Thompsons Garth 24 High Street Hampsthwaite North Yorkshire HG3 2ET
Received 24 Aug 2026Ings Farm Ings Lane Bishop Monkton North Yorkshire HG3 3QT
Received 24 Aug 2026Roseville Main Street Alne North Yorkshire YO61 1TD
Received 24 Aug 202615 Grange Avenue Spofforth North Yorkshire HG3 1AH
Received 24 Aug 2026The Grange Little Lane Sutton Grange North Yorkshire HG4 3JZ
Received 24 Aug 2026Land To East Of A167 Sandhutton Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 4RW
Received 19 Aug 2026Land Of A167 Sandhutton Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 4RW
Received 19 Aug 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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