North Yorkshire Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
North Yorkshire Council decided more than 6,500 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 10% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 55 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on North Yorkshire Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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4 November 2026 · Refused
Whitemoor Farm Lowmoor Road South Duffield North Yorkshire YO8 6EG · 26/06591/PNA
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3 November 2026 · Approved
Construction of 27 dwellings including associated infrastructure, open space and landscaping
Land Off Broad Ford Drive Brafferton North Yorkshire · HAMZB25/00126/FUL
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2 November 2026 · Approved
Newlands Farm Turnham Lane Cliffe North Yorkshire YO8 6EB · SELZG2025/0693/FULM
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30 October 2026 · Approved
Land At Cow Dyke Farm Skipton Road Harrogate HG3 2AL · 25/01728/REMMAJ
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27 October 2026 · Approved
Land At Manor Farm Chapel Street Hambleton North Yorkshire · SELZG2025/1182/REMM
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23 October 2026 · Approved
Erection of a new warehouse unit (use class B8) with associated service yard and hard standing
Moorside Business Park Moorside Tockwith North Yorkshire YO26 7QG · 26/00226/FULMAJ
Figures for North Yorkshire Council
| Applications decided | more than 6,500 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 10%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 55 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 5%of 37 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 84 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 29%about one in three |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 1plan adopted 2023 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on North Yorkshire Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issues of the appeal are: • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area; • The effect of the proposed development on flood risk; and • Whether the proposed development would be…”
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“The main issues are: • Whether the site would be a suitable location for housing in consideration of local and national policies, • The effect of flooding on the proposed development, • The effect of the proposal on the character…”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”
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“The main issues are: • Whether the proposed development is in a sustainable location, having regard to the pattern of development in the area; • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area; •…”
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“The main issues are: • whether the location of the proposed development would be acceptable, having regard to the development plan policies; • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area; • whether the…”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.