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land east of Dean Hall Farm, off Dean Hall Brow road, Littlebeck

NYM/2026/0085Application for Full PermissionApproved
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Approved on 13 July 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

permission for temporary exploratory potash vertical borehole and three branched boreholes, associated plant equipment including drilling rig (max height 15 metres) and welfare facilities within a compound together with access arrangements

Received
11 February 2026
Council
North York Moors
Ward
North Yorkshire Council (Sca)
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 146 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at land east of Dean Hall Farm, off Dean Hall Brow road, Littlebeck. North York Moors has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 152 days, 14 weeks longer than North York Moors's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across North Yorkshire Council (Sca).

94% of full 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
Application for Full Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eskdaleside-Cum-Ugglebarnby
District
North Yorkshire Council (Sca)

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
18 March 2026
Application expires
8 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National park: North York Moors
  • SSSI: Biller Howe Dale SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: North York MoorsPart of the site
  • Special Protection Area: North York MoorsPart of the site
  • 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 (18)

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 Landscapes, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North York Moors

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