Elm Tree House Smithy Farm West Lane Askwith Otley North Yorkshire LS21 2HX
Refused on 17 April 2025
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Planning application for construction of 2 detached houses with attached garages, conversion of outbuilding to self-contained dwelling, single storey rear extension, detached garage, front porch, re-configured side lean-to And garden pavilion to elmtree house including new shared vehicular access and associated landscaping
- Received
- 20 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 21
- Council
- Harrogate
- Ward
- Washburn & Birstwith
- Agent
- Watts Planning
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated4 Mar
- Consult.Consultation28 Apr
- TargetTarget Date29 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Apr
Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Elm Tree House Smithy Farm West Lane Askwith Otley North Yorkshire LS21 2HX. 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 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Washburn & Birstwith. We hold 384 applications in total for the LS21 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
- LS21 2HX
- Application type
- Full permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Askwith
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 April 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 April 2025
- Consultation end
- 28 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Watts Planning
- Agent address
- Mr Andy Watts 13 Craggwood Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 4RW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 March 2025
- Site notice end
- 7 April 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 38
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: North Yorkshire
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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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Source: Harrogate
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