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Land At E415487 N485303 Low Thorpe East Witton North Yorkshire

ZD26/00056/FULLApplication for Full Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
Full

Proposal

Full planning permission for construction of a new slurry lagoon to allow for on-going regulatory compliance of the existing dairy farming business

Received
30 January 2026
Decision due
27 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Richmondshire
Ward
Leyburn & Middleham
Agent
Christopher Hodges Planning and Design
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 12 March.

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About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At E415487 N485303 Low Thorpe East Witton North Yorkshire. Richmondshire has handled 1,012 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Leyburn & Middleham.

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

Application type
Application for Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Witton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Last date for comments
12 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Christopher Hodges Planning and Design
Agent address
4 Fox Covert Bank Thornton Watlass Bedale RIPON HG4 4AW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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

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: Richmondshire

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