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Sandhutton Biofuel Plant, North Farm, Sandhutton, Thirsk, YO7 4EG

NY/2024/0205/SCOOutlineApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 March 2025

Council decision: GrantedD

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Scoping opinion The erection of a bio gas plant which would cover 4ha. Landscape proposal to include woodland planting, connecting to an existing woodland compartment present adjacent to the site

Received
10 December 2024
Decision level
D
Council
North Yorkshire
Ward
Thirsk
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 93 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Sandhutton Biofuel Plant, North Farm, Sandhutton, Thirsk, YO7 4EG. North Yorkshire has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 6 weeks longer than North Yorkshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Thirsk. We hold 918 applications in total for the YO7 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
YO7 4EG
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hambleton
District
Hambleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2024

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (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.

© 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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