Sawley Hall Sawley Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 3ED

HGTZC23/03890/FULFull permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 26 February 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Conversion of an existing garage/store into a biomass boiler plant room with wood chip store(s) and boiler flues (x2) terminating externally above the existing roof.

Received: 24 October 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Harrogate
Ward: Masham & Fountains

ReceivedReceived24 Oct
ValidatedValidated27 Nov
Consult.Consultation23 Dec
TargetTarget Date28 Feb
DecidedDecided26 Feb

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Sawley Hall Sawley Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 3ED. Harrogate has handled 5,591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 11 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Masham & Fountains. We hold 2,235 applications in total for the HG4 postcode area.

90% of full 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: HG4 3ED
Application type: Full permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Sawley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 31 December 2023
Consultation start: 29 November 2023
Consultation end: 23 December 2023
Last date for comments: 31 December 2023
Target decision date: 28 February 2024
Permission expires: 26 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Peter James 29A Oxford Street Workington CA14 2AL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 93 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 7 December 2023
Advertisement expiry: 31 December 2023
Site notice start: 1 December 2023
Site notice end: 27 December 2023

Additional information

Documents: 17

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Garden Building and Enclosure Wall Approximately 200 Metres West of Sawley HallOn this site · +2 more
Scheduled monument: Medieval deer park pale surrounding Fountains ParkPart of the site
World Heritage Site buffer zone: Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains AbbeyPart of the site
National Landscape (AONB): Nidderdale
Ancient woodland: Fish Pond Wood SouthNext to the site
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 (17)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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