Drax Power Station, Drax, Selby, YO8 8TE

NY/2026/0082/SCRConditionsAwaiting decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Request for a formal Screening Opinion in relation to the proposed modifications to the existing Pulverised Fuel Ash (PFA) Beneficiation Plant

Received: 10 April 2026
Decision level: D
Council: North Yorkshire
Ward: Brayton & Barlow

ReceivedReceived10 Apr
ValidatedValidated10 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Drax Power Station, Drax, Selby, YO8 8TE. North Yorkshire has handled 325 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Brayton & Barlow. We hold 2,343 applications in total for the YO8 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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: YO8 8TE
Application type: Conditions
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Barlow
District: Selby

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 2nd Floor Exchequer Court 33 St Mary Axe London United Kingdom

Additional information

Documents: 4

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

Source: North Yorkshire

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