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The Grand Opera House Cumberland Street York YO1 9SW

25/02338/LBCApproved

Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Approve

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Internal works to install 2no. access stairs and additional seating to upper floor second tier, alterations to the privacy screen, rails and removal of brass finish rail associated with seating (part retrospective).

Received
24 November 2025
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 60 days

About this application

This is a planning application at The Grand Opera House Cumberland Street York YO1 9SW. York has handled 3,714 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than York's typical decision time. The site is in the Central Historic Core conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 335 applications in total for the YO1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
YO1 9SW

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Central Historic Core Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Grand Opera HouseOn this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Hmo
  • Brownfield land register: Bank of Scotland 6 NessgateRegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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