Knapton Quarry Landfill Site, Knapton, YO17 8JA
Approved on 15 May 2017
Council decision: Screening Opinion IssuedD
Proposal
Request for a formal Screening Opinion for the retention and change of use of existing waste transfer buildings and associated yard, weighbridge and ancillary structures to allow for waste recycling and pre-treatment operations
- Received
- 12 May 2017
- Decision level
- D
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Ward
- Thornton Dale and The Wolds
- ReceivedReceived12 May
- ValidatedValidated12 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided15 May
Decided in 3 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Knapton Quarry Landfill Site, Knapton, YO17 8JA. North Yorkshire has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 3 days, 7 weeks quicker than North Yorkshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 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.
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
- YO17 8JA
- Application type
- Outline
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Scampston
- District
- Ryedale
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 May 2017
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Second Floor 1 City Square Leeds LS1 2ES
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
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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© 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.
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Associated applications
- 201712 May
retention and change of use of existing waste transfer buildings and associated yard, weighbridge and…
ApprovedFullFiled alongsideNY/2017/0129/FUL - 201712 May
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This applicationApprovedOutlineNY/2017/0134/SCR
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: North Yorkshire
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