Land to the South of Knapton Quarry Landfill Site, Knapton, YO17 8JA
Approved on 1 August 2018
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
Proposal
erection of a Green Energy Facility (6,342 sq. metres) (energy from waste via gasification), office reception building (91 sq. metres), substation & switchroom (39 sq. metres), air cooled condensers (377 sq. metres), installation of a weighbridge, earthworks, 20 car parking spaces, extension to internal access road, landscaping and associated infrastructure, including a local connection via underground cable (340 metres) to the 11kV grid via a proposed substation at land south of Knapton Quarry/Landfill as well as an underground connection (Option 1: 5.26 km and Option 2: 8.25km) to the 66kV grid via the primary substation at Yedingham
- Received
- 30 September 2016
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Ward
- Thornton Dale and The Wolds
- ReceivedReceived30 Sep
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided1 Aug
Decided in 670 days
About this application
This is a planning application for an extension at Land to the South of Knapton Quarry Landfill Site, Knapton, YO17 8JA. North Yorkshire has handled 3,610 applications of this type. This one was decided in 670 days, 89 weeks longer than North Yorkshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Thornton Dale and The Wolds. We hold 654 applications in total for the YO17 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- YO17 8JA
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Scampston
- District
- Ryedale
Planning application dates
- Validated
- 30 September 2016
- Consultation start
- 7 December 2016
- Target decision date
- 9 February 2018
- Committee meeting
- 19 December 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Second Floor 1 City Square Leeds LS1 2ES
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 497 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 1 December 2016
Additional information
- Documents
- 167
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
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, 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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201926 Jul
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No's 7, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 25, & 33 of…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsNY/2019/0133/A27 - 201612 Sep
Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion for a Green Energy Facility and associated infrastructure, including a…
ApprovedOutlineNY/2016/0178/SCO
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