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Bell Farm Social Hall Roche Avenue York YO31 9BB

25/02289/GRG3General Regulations (Reg3)Approved

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: Approve under General Regs 3 Council DevDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of 19no. solar panels

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heworth
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Jan
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Bell Farm Social Hall Roche Avenue York YO31 9BB. York has handled 63 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than York's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Heworth. We hold 284 applications in total for the YO31 postcode area.

88% of all 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
YO31 9BB
Application type
General Regulations (Reg3)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Heworth Planning Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Consultation expiry
19 January 2026
Consultation start
29 December 2025
Consultation end
19 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
29 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 January 2026
Last date for comments
19 January 2026
Target decision date
20 February 2026
Permission expires
20 February 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
72 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: York

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