Royal Mail Selby Sorting Office Micklegate Selby North Yorkshire YO8 4EH

2010/1225/COUChange of UseApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 March 2011

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from cycle store to additional sorting office and replacement of defective timber sliding doors

Received: 24 November 2010
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: Selby
Ward: Selby East

ReceivedReceived24 Nov
ValidatedValidated17 Jan
Consult.Consultation8 Feb
TargetTarget Date14 Mar
DecidedDecided14 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Royal Mail Selby Sorting Office Micklegate Selby North Yorkshire YO8 4EH. Selby has handled 426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 8 weeks longer than Selby's typical decision time. The site is in the Selby Town conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Selby East. We hold 2,343 applications in total for the YO8 postcode area.

75% of amendment applications at Selby were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: YO8 4EH
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Selby Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 January 2011
Consultation expiry: 17 February 2011
Consultation start: 18 January 2011
Consultation end: 8 February 2011
Neighbour consultation start: 18 January 2011
Neighbour consultation end: 8 February 2011
Last date for comments: 17 February 2011
Target decision date: 14 March 2011
Permission expires: 14 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent: Rider Levett Bucknall
Agent address: Rider Levett Bucknall Floor 6 Fountain Precinct Balm Green Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 2JA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 27 January 2011
Advertisement expiry: 17 February 2011

Additional information

Documents: 17
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Selby Town
Listed building: Grade II: Cygnet HouseOn or next to this site · +1 more

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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