7 High Street Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5AQ
Approved on 20 March 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Full planning permission for change of use of ground floor commercial unit from Class E to a small-scale bar (Sui Generis) with ancillary small-plate warm food provision, low-level background music only, no external seating, and opening hours of 12:00 - 22:30 daily
- Received
- 24 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Richmondshire
- Ward
- Leyburn & Middleham
- ReceivedReceived24 Dec
- ValidatedValidated24 Dec
- Consult.Consultation4 Mar
- TargetTarget Date18 Feb
- DecidedDecided20 Mar
Decided in 86 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 7 High Street Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5AQ. 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 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 5AQ
- Application type
- Application for Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Leyburn Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 March 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Leyburn
- 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202616 Jun
Full planning permission for change of use of approved holiday accommodation (Use Class C1) to 1 residential…
ApprovedApplicationZD26/00378/FULL - 202521 May
Full planning permission for internal and external alterations to the ground floor to subdivide the existing…
ApprovedApplication for Full Planning PermissionZD25/00274/FULL
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