The Old Post Office High Street Whixley York North Yorkshire YO26 8AW

HGT18/04612/OUTOutline applicationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 March 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Outline application for the erection of 1 no. dwellinghouse with access and layout considered.

Received: 5 November 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Harrogate
Ward: Ouseburn
Agent: Wilson Kennett Partnership

ReceivedReceived5 Nov
ValidatedValidated5 Nov
Consult.Consultation13 Feb
TargetTarget Date28 Feb
DecidedDecided19 Mar

Decided in 134 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at The Old Post Office High Street Whixley York North Yorkshire YO26 8AW. Harrogate has handled 809 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 12 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Whixley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Ouseburn. We hold 1,324 applications in total for the YO26 postcode area.

79% of outline applications at Harrogate were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: YO26 8AW
Application type: Outline application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Whixley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 November 2018
Consultation expiry: 13 February 2019
Consultation start: 23 January 2019
Consultation end: 13 February 2019
Target decision date: 28 February 2019
Permission expires: 19 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent: Wilson Kennett Partnership
Agent address: College House 2 College Street Harrogate HG2 0AH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 115 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 22 November 2018
Advertisement expiry: 13 December 2018
Site notice start: 23 November 2018
Site notice end: 14 December 2018

Additional information

Documents: 20

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Whixley

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Harrogate

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