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NYCC Jesmond House 27 - 29 Victoria Avenue Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5QP

HGTZC24/03191/FULFull permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 November 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Minor elevation alterations: A new door with canopy replacing a window. One parking bay will be removed to make space for an access footpath. The building will make a permitted change of use from E(g)(i) offices to class E(e), healthcare (outpatients only)

Received
18 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate
Agent
Greenacres Architecture Ltd
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at NYCC Jesmond House 27 - 29 Victoria Avenue Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5QP. Harrogate has handled 5,591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Harrogate conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate. We hold 3,223 applications in total for the HG1 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
HG1 5QP
Application type
Full permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2024
Consultation expiry
17 October 2024
Consultation start
23 September 2024
Consultation end
17 October 2024
Target decision date
13 November 2024
Permission expires
13 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Greenacres Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
GREENACRES ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Mr David Hodgson Greenacres Welbury Northallerton DL6 2SE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harrogate
  • 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, 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2004
    2 Feb

    Re-cladding to front elevation.

    ApprovedFull permissionHGT04/00578/FUL

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