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30 Lord Mayors Walk York

23/01254/CLUCertificate of Lawful Existing UseRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 27 February 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for use as House in Multiple Occupation (use class C4)

Received
22 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Guildhall
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 134 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 30 Lord Mayors Walk York. York has handled 172 applications of this type. This one was decided in 250 days, 28 weeks longer than York's typical decision time. The site is in the Central Historic Core conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Guildhall.

91% of amendment applications at City of York Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Guildhall Planning Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2023
Consultation expiry
27 February 2024
Consultation start
23 October 2023
Consultation end
13 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
27 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
27 February 2024
Last date for comments
27 February 2024
Target decision date
11 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Churchills York Limited 4 - 6 Gillygate York YO31 7EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Central Historic Core Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 28, Lord Mayors WalkOn or next to this site · +5 more
  • Article 4 direction: Hmo
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: 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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