The Old School House Richmond Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5DL
Refused on 25 October 2024
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Full planning permission for replacement of multiple existing timber windows on the ground floor and first floor with Lifetime Casement UPVC windows and installation of south-facing solar panels on the front of Leyburn Community Arts Centre
- Received
- 31 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Richmondshire
- Ward
- Leyburn & Middleham
- Agent
- AFR Design
- ReceivedReceived31 Jul
- ValidatedValidated31 Jul
- Consult.Consultation27 Sep
- TargetTarget Date25 Sep
- DecidedDecided25 Oct
Decided in 86 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The Old School House Richmond Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5DL. Richmondshire has handled 1,012 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 3 weeks longer than Richmondshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Leyburn conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. 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 5DL
- Application type
- Application for Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Leyburn Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 July 2024
- Last date for comments
- 27 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 25 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- AFR Design
- Agent address
- Belle Vue Offices Market Place Leyburn DL8 5AW United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Leyburn
- Listed building: Grade II: Presbytery, School Room, Outbuildings, Boundary Walls and RailingsOn this site · +1 more
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Source: Richmondshire
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