Ellerton Quarry, Ellerton on Swale, Richmond
Approved on 16 April 2026
Council decision: Scoping Opinion IssuedD
Proposal
Request for EIA Scoping Opinion to extract approximately 670,000 tonnes of sand and gravel on the northernmost field within the existing planning boundary
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- D
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Ward
- Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 83 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Ellerton Quarry, Ellerton on Swale, Richmond. North Yorkshire has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 5 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 Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale.
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
- Application type
- Outline
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Ellerton-on-Swale
- District
- Richmondshire
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 36 Park Row Leeds United Kingdom LS1 5JL
Additional information
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High 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
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.
Source: North Yorkshire
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