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Wrens The House Of Independent Retailers 20 Fishergate Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1DY

HGT23/00470/LBListed Building consentPermitted

Proposal

Listed building application for conversion of 3 floors above ground floor retail unit to form two apartments with alterations to rear pitched roof to form flat roofed parapet wall and access arrangements, installation of external staircase, railings and rooflights, alterations to fenestration and internal works to partitions and joinery.

Received
3 February 2023
Decided
22 March 2023 · Application Permitted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Ripon Spa
Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Harrogate78% of heritage applications approved

This is a heritage application at Wrens The House Of Independent Retailers 20 Fishergate Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1DY. Harrogate has handled 764 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 70 days. This one was decided in 47 days, 3 weeks quicker than Harrogate's median. The site is in the Ripon conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,211 applications in total for the HG4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
HGT23/00470/LB
Address
Wrens The House Of Independent Retailers 20 Fishergate Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1DY
Postcode
HG4 1DY
Local Authority
Harrogate
Application Type
Listed Building consent
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Ripon Spa
Parish
Ripon

Applicant & Agent

Agent
architecture:ab
Architect ProfileARCHITECTURE:AB LTD
Agent Address
Mr Andrew Burningham High Trees Steven Way Ripon HG4 2TJ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
3 February 2023
Consultation Expiry
12 March 2023
Target Decision Date
31 March 2023
Date Decided
22 March 2023
Date Validated
3 February 2023
Date Submitted
3 February 2023
Consultation Start
9 February 2023
Consultation End
9 March 2023
Last Date for Comments
12 March 2023
Committee Meeting
31 March 2023
Permission Expires
22 March 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Application Permitted
Decided By
Chief Planner
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
16 February 2023
Advertisement Expiry
12 March 2023
Site Notice Start
9 February 2023
Site Notice End
5 March 2023

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
1
Documents
16
Coordinates
54.137444, -1.523759
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Harrogate

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    3 Feb

    Conversion of 3 floors above ground floor retail unit to form two apartments with alterations to rear pitched…

    ApprovedFull permissionFiled alongsideHGT23/00469/FUL
  2. 2023
    3 Feb

    Listed building application for conversion of 3 floors above ground floor retail unit to form two apartments…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentHGT23/00470/LB

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ripon
  • Listed building: Grade II: 20, FishergateOn this site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Irelands Court, North Street, RiponRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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

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