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Selby Sorting Office Micklegate Selby North Yorkshire YO8 4EH

2021/1276/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 February 2022

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a post office to a sorting hall (retrospective)

Received
13 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
Selby
Ward
Selby East
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Selby Sorting Office Micklegate Selby North Yorkshire YO8 4EH. Selby has handled 426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Selby's typical decision time. The site is in the Selby Town conservation area, with 16 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
Medium
Parish
Selby Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2021
Consultation expiry
23 December 2021
Consultation start
24 November 2021
Consultation end
15 December 2021
Last date for comments
23 December 2021
Target decision date
4 February 2022
Permission expires
1 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3100 Century Way Thorpe Park LS15 8ZB

Planning decision

Statutory period
77 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 December 2021
Advertisement expiry
23 December 2021
Site notice start
30 November 2021
Site notice end
21 December 2021

Additional information

Constraints
31

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2011
    4 May

    To develop additional biomass handling and storage facilities at Drax Power Station Site.

    ApprovedScreening OpinionSCR/2011/0007
  2. 2010
    24 Nov

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

    ApprovedChange of Use2010/1225/COU
  3. 2008
    18 Sep

    Discharge of planning condition 5 relating to 2005/1350/FUL

    Condition decisionDischarge of conditions2008/1040/DPC
  4. 2008
    13 Jun

    Application to discharge condition 2(vi) and condition 4 of planning approval 2007/1420/FUL

    Condition decisionDischarge of conditions2008/0774/DPC
  5. 2008
    13 Jun

    Application to discharge condition 2 part i - v of planning approval 2007/1420/FUL

    Condition decisionDischarge of conditions2008/0775/DPC
  6. 2007
    31 Aug

    Installation of ATM cash machine

    ApprovedFull Application2007/1030/FUL

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