The Old Courthouse Otley Street Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1EH
Approved on 29 June 2026
Council decision: Lawful Development Certificate permittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Lawful certification (proposed) for sympathetic like for like repair works including external stone, window and roof repairs; removal of modern suspended ceilings internally.
- Received
- 18 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Ward
- Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby
- ReceivedReceived18 Feb
- ValidatedValidated20 Apr
- Consult.Consultation4 Mar
- TargetTarget Date29 Jun
- DecidedDecided29 Jun
Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for window replacement at The Old Courthouse Otley Street Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1EH. North Yorkshire has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 12 weeks longer than North Yorkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby. We hold 5,308 applications in total for the BD23 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- BD23 1EH
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate-proposed
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Skipton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 29 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mrs Helen Walker Wellington House Otley Street Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1EL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 70 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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, 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.
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202613 Jan
Listed building consent for change of Use from Vacant Place of Worship (Class F1) to Offices (Class E)
ApprovedListed building consent26/00198/LB - 201910 Dec
Demolition of The Old Courthouse and construction of 4 storey building to provide nine (9) flats being a…
WithdrawnFull ApplicationCRA2019/20887/FUL
Source: North Yorkshire
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