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The Minster Library Minster Yard York YO1 7JD

25/01511/CLUCertificate of Lawful Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 27 October 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawful use of land for car parking

Received
30 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Guildhall
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Aug
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Minster Library Minster Yard York YO1 7JD. York has handled 172 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than York's typical decision time. The site is in the Central Historic Core conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Guildhall. We hold 333 applications in total for the YO1 postcode area.

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

Postcode
YO1 7JD
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Guildhall Planning Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2025
Consultation expiry
26 August 2025
Consultation start
5 August 2025
Consultation end
26 August 2025
Last date for comments
26 August 2025
Target decision date
31 October 2025
Permission expires
27 October 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills
Agent address
3 Wellington Place Leeds LS1 4AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14214428
Documents
6
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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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© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Feb

    Resurfacing of existing car park

    ApprovedApplication26/00202/FUL

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