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Land Comprising Field At 425020 467745 Low Gate Lane Sawley North Yorkshire

26/00254/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 25 February 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission in principle for the erection of up to 2 self/custom build dwellings.

Received
16 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
15
Council
North Yorkshire
Ward
Masham & Fountains
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Comprising Field At 425020 467745 Low Gate Lane Sawley North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than North Yorkshire'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 29 applications across Masham & Fountains.

82% of outline applications at North Yorkshire were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawley

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Consultation expiry
21 February 2026
Consultation start
28 January 2026
Consultation end
21 February 2026
Last date for comments
21 February 2026
Target decision date
27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o Richard Roberts Ltd Bowcliffe Hall Bramham Wetherby LS23 6LP

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 February 2026
Site notice end
19 February 2026

Appeal

Appeal reference
26/00019/NREFPP
Appeal status
Appeal lodged

Appeal history

6006155
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 29 July 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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 Yorkshire

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