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The Crematorium Bishopthorpe Road York YO23 2QD

25/02353/GRG3General Regulations (Reg3)Approved

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: Approve under General Regs 3 Council DevApprove under General Regs 3 Council Dev

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of single storey building for use as waiting area in association with crematorium (resubmission)

Received
26 November 2025
Decision level
Approve under General Regs 3 Council Dev
Public comments
2
Ward
Bishopthorpe
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at The Crematorium Bishopthorpe Road York YO23 2QD. York has handled 63 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than York's typical decision time. The site is in the Middlethorpe conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Bishopthorpe. We hold 667 applications in total for the YO23 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
YO23 2QD
Application type
General Regulations (Reg3)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bishopthorpe Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
8 January 2026
Consultation start
9 December 2025
Consultation end
30 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 December 2025
Last date for comments
8 January 2026
Target decision date
20 February 2026
Permission expires
20 February 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
79 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
31 December 2025
Site notice start
18 December 2025
Site notice end
8 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
33
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Middlethorpe Conservation Area
  • Green belt: York
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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