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714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grade II Listed Seat, Near Quarry Gill Bridge, Swinton
Received 8 Sept 2026Thornton Moor Farm Fountains Road Ripley North Yorkshire HG3 3JL
Received 8 Sept 2026Buttoner House Farm Buttoner House Farm Lindley North Yorkshire LS21 2QR
Received 8 Sept 20262 Church View St Johns Road Bishop Monkton North Yorkshire HG3 3RA
Received 8 Sept 2026Beagle Cottage Rudding Park Home Farm And The Pheasantry Track Follifoot North Yorkshire
Received 8 Sept 2026Land West Of Haddocks Lane Myton On Swale North Yorkshire
Received 8 Sept 2026Land At Rear Of 48 Eshton Road Gargrave North Yorkshire BD23 3PN
Received 9 Sept 2026Byards Lodge Boroughbridge Road Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 0LT
Received 9 Sept 2026Land Comprising Field At 430579 450996 Princess Royal Way Pannal North Yorkshire
Received 9 Sept 2026Wylam Lodge 1 Lands Lane Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 9DE
Received 9 Sept 2026The White House Rudgate Whixley North Yorkshire YO26 8AL
Received 9 Sept 202672A Cornwall Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2NE
Received 10 Sept 2026College End House College Road Low Bradley North Yorkshire BD20 9DT
Received 10 Sept 2026Lyndhurst 20 Rutland Drive Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2NS
Received 10 Sept 202611 Abbey Crags Way Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 8EF
Received 10 Sept 2026Heather Cottage Borrowby Village Borrowby North Yorkshire YO7 4QQ
Received 14 Sept 2026Land Comprising Field At 431853 456117 Kingsley Drive Harrogate North Yorkshire
Received 14 Sept 2026Land South Of North Otterington Northallerton North Yorkshire
Received 14 Sept 202617 Gainsborough Court Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QG
Received 14 Sept 2026Land To East Of Green Lane Glusburn North Yorkshire BD20 8RP
Received 14 Sept 2026Rowe House 10 East Parade Harrogate North Yorkshire
Received 15 Sept 2026Barugh Farm Kendal View To Barugh Farm Hutton Conyers North Yorkshire HG4 5NA
Received 15 Sept 2026Land North Of Harley Close Harley Close Low Bentham North Yorkshire
Received 15 Sept 2026Land To The South Of Hillside Road Low Bentham North Yorkshire
Received 15 Sept 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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