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Mason Cottage Wensley Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5ED

ZD23/00375/FULLApplication for Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 August 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Planning Permission for Proposed Low Level Solar Panels

Received
21 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
Richmondshire
Ward
Leyburn & Middleham
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Mason Cottage Wensley Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5ED. Richmondshire has handled 1,012 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Richmondshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Leyburn & Middleham. We hold 1,067 applications in total for the DL8 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Richmondshire were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DL8 5ED
Application type
Application for Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leyburn Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2023
Last date for comments
26 July 2023
Target decision date
16 August 2023
Permission expires
15 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Pd Design Consulting Limited Old Station Masters House East Cowton Northallerton DL7 0DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
2

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 and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Richmondshire

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