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714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oaklands High Street Whixley North Yorkshire YO26 8AW
Received 24 Aug 20264 The Avenue Whinwath Lane Kirklington North Yorkshire DL8 2NA
Received 24 Aug 2026Burton Common Farm Burton Common Lane Burton Salmon North Yorkshire LS25 5NB
Received 24 Aug 2026Arville Works Prospect Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 7PB
Received 24 Aug 202640 Cornwall Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2PP
Received 24 Aug 20261A Kent Avenue Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2ES
Received 25 Aug 202649-51 Leeds Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 8AY
Received 25 Aug 20269 Oakdale Manor Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2NA
Received 24 Aug 2026Laragh Cottage Farnham Village Farnham North Yorkshire HG5 9JE
Received 24 Aug 2026Studley Royal Tea Rooms Cocked Hat To Well Walk Studley Park North Yorkshire HG4 3DY
Received 25 Aug 202625 Waterside Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 8DE
Received 25 Aug 2026Castle Dene Follifoot Lane Spofforth North Yorkshire HG3 1AY
Received 25 Aug 2026Hillside Cottage Hodge Lane Little Smeaton North Yorkshire WF8 3LG
Received 25 Aug 2026Delphin House Main Street Kelfield North Yorkshire YO19 6RG
Received 26 Aug 2026Plots D And E Beckwith Head Road Harrogate North Yorkshire
Received 26 Aug 20264-6 Pier Road Whitby North Yorkshire YO21 3PU
Received 26 Aug 2026Oakfield Truck Park York Road (A170) Sowerby Hambleton YO7 3TY
Received 26 Aug 2026Agricultural Fields Surrounding Wren Hall Farm Wren Hall Lane Drax North Yorkshire YO8 8NG
Received 26 Aug 2026Land To The North Of Drax Power Station New Road Drax Selby North Yorkshire YO8 8TE
Received 26 Aug 2026Land At 456022 421642 Doncaster Road Whitley North Yorkshire
Received 26 Aug 2026Leyfield Farm High Moor Road North Rigton North Yorkshire LS17 0AA
Received 26 Aug 2026Barn Cottage Main Street Sicklinghall North Yorkshire LS22 4BD
Received 24 Aug 20261 Shady Lane Cononley North Yorkshire BD20 8NJ
Received 24 Aug 2026Land Comprising Field At 441364 462959 Limebar Bank Road Marton Cum Grafton North Yorkshire
Received 24 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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