Hew Green Farmhouse High Lane High Birstwith Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 2JL

HGTZC23/04044/FULFull permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 18 January 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to use as part of existing domestic garden, erection of stone boundary walls, alterations to existing land levels, creation of gravelled hardstanding area and placement of 20 no. PV solar panel pods. (retrospective)

Received: 6 November 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 6
Council: Harrogate
Ward: Washburn & Birstwith

ReceivedReceived6 Nov
ValidatedValidated20 Nov
Consult.Consultation17 Jan
TargetTarget Date22 Jan
DecidedDecided18 Jan

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hew Green Farmhouse High Lane High Birstwith Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 2JL. Harrogate has handled 5,591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Washburn & Birstwith. We hold 3,250 applications in total for the HG3 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: HG3 2JL
Application type: Full permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Birstwith

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 17 January 2024
Consultation start: 21 December 2023
Consultation end: 17 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 18 January 2024
Last date for comments: 18 January 2024
Target decision date: 22 January 2024
Permission expires: 18 January 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period: 63 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 21 December 2023
Site notice end: 16 January 2024

Additional information

Documents: 24

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

National Landscape (AONB): Nidderdale
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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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