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Fire Station High Street Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5AQ

ZD26/00469/APSLPrior Approval Class JAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for Installation of roof mount solar mount photovoltaic panels on an existing pitched roof

Received
19 March 2026
Decision due
14 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 1 October 2026
Council
Richmondshire
Ward
Leyburn & Middleham
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 15 April.

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Fire Station High Street Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5AQ. Richmondshire has handled 89 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 8 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.

90% of outline 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
Prior Approval Class J
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leyburn Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
15 April 2026
Decision issued
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
SRM Solar
Agent address
Unit 9 Silkwood BusinessPark Fryers Way Wakefield WF59TJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
0
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: LeyburnPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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© 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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