Hilltop Farm, Thimbleby

NYM/2025/0661Agricultural Determination - prior approvalApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval - Approved with Conditions

Proposal

prior approval for erection of replacement agricultural storage building under Part 6

Received: 16 October 2025
Council: North York Moors
Ward: North Yorkshire Council (Ham), Osmotherley & Swainby Ward

ReceivedReceived16 Oct
ValidatedValidated24 Oct
Consult.Consultation14 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Dec

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Hilltop Farm, Thimbleby. North York Moors has handled 117 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than North York Moors's typical decision time. The site is in the Thimbleby conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across North Yorkshire Council (Ham), Osmotherley & Swainby Ward.

88% of outline applications at North York Moors were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Agricultural Determination - prior approval
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Thimbleby
District: North Yorkshire Council (Ham), Osmotherley & Swainby Ward

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 14 November 2025
Consultation end: 14 November 2025
Last date for comments: 21 November 2025
Application expires: 11 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 48 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Thimbleby
National park: North York Moors
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 Landscapes, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: North York Moors

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