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WHSmith 51 Middle Street South Driffield East Riding Of Yorkshire YO25 6PS

26/01502/ERNOTPrior approval Class E to residentialAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part change of use of ground floor and first floor (Use Class E) to create 4 dwellings (Use Class C3)

Received
12 June 2026
Decision due
13 August 2026
Ward
Driffield And Rural
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 9 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at WHSmith 51 Middle Street South Driffield East Riding Of Yorkshire YO25 6PS. East Riding has handled 1,334 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Driffield North conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Driffield And Rural. We hold 2,841 applications in total for the YO25 postcode area.

83% of outline applications at East Riding of Yorkshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
YO25 6PS
Application type
Prior approval Class E to residential
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Driffield Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2026
Consultation expiry
16 July 2026
Consultation end
9 July 2026
Last date for comments
16 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o Mr Paul Butler 64 Middle Street South Driffield YO25 6QG GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
16 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15005183
Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Driffield NorthPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Riding

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