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Helmsley Post Office 23 Bridge Street Helmsley YO62 5BG

20/00345/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 May 2020

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of a former ground floor Post Office including sub-division of first floor residential area to form a two bedroom dwelling to include installation of a stairway

Received
8 April 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Ryedale
Ward
Helmsley (Ceased March 2023)
  1. Received8 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 43 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Helmsley Post Office 23 Bridge Street Helmsley YO62 5BG. Ryedale has handled 1,323 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 3 weeks quicker than Ryedale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 610 applications in total for the YO62 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Ryedale were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
YO62 5BG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Helmsley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2020
Consultation expiry
20 May 2020
Consultation start
16 April 2020
Consultation end
19 May 2020
Neighbour consultation start
16 April 2020
Neighbour consultation end
10 May 2020
Last date for comments
20 May 2020
Target decision date
9 June 2020
Committee meeting
29 May 2020
Permission expires
27 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 The Avenue Norton Malton YO17 9EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 April 2020
Advertisement expiry
20 May 2020
Site notice start
24 April 2020
Site notice end
15 May 2020

Appeal history

3267618
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 May 2021Dev Type: Minor retail and servicesReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08638052
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Helmsley
  • Listed building: Grade II: 19, Bridge StreetOn or next to this 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 (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.

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.

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