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Higher Sheep Wash Lower Sheep Wash To Bull Hurst Rathmell North Yorkshire BD24 0JU

26/04356/PBRPrior Notif 1 no. Ag bld to residentialRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 18 September 2026

Council decision: Refused Prior NotificationDelegated (officer decision)1 condition3 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed conversion of an agricultural building to single dwelling

Received
27 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 11 October 2026
Council
North Yorkshire
Ward
Settle & Penyghent
Agent
Stephen Craven Building Design Ltd
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Higher Sheep Wash Lower Sheep Wash To Bull Hurst Rathmell North Yorkshire BD24 0JU. North Yorkshire has handled 3,610 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than North Yorkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Settle & Penyghent. We hold 152 applications in total for the BD24 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. Development under Class(A)(a) or Class B(a) of Part 6 of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, comprising external works to the agricultural building, have been carried out within 10 years of the date by which development under Class Q would begin. The proposal therefore conflicts with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q, Q.1(g) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) and is not permitted development and cannot lawfully be carried out.
  2. Condition Q2.1 (e) - As a result of the siting of the building in close proximity to the Delegated Planning Report - 26/04356/PBR animal housing and alongside the operational yard, there would be a significant adverse amenity impact to future occupants. Furthermore, the incompatible nature of the unrestricted domestic use in such close proximity to the animal housing and the operational yard is likely to lead to pressure to modify the existing use of the building. The siting of the building is such that it is undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to a use falling within part 3, Class Q of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).
  3. Condition Q2.1(b) - The proposed change of use does not demonstrate that there would be acceptable conditions in respect of noise within the property arising from adjacent agricultural operations in the yard and animal housing within 10 metres.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BD24 0JU
Application type
Prior Notif 1 no. Ag bld to residential
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rathmell

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Consultation expiry
22 August 2026
Consultation start
29 July 2026
Consultation end
22 August 2026
Last date for comments
22 August 2026
Target decision date
21 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stephen Craven Building Design Ltd
Architect profile
STEPHEN CRAVEN BUILDING DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Mr Stephen Craven The Old Stables 4 Station Road Settle BD24 9AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15114231
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Forest Of Bowland
  • 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.

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