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White Cross Court Rehabilitation Hospital White Cross Road York YO31 8FT

25/02410/SOLARSolar Panels prior notificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 January 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of 231no. roof mounted solar panels with a total installed capacity of 106.26kWp under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Guildhall
Agent
Vital Energi Utilities Ltd
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at White Cross Court Rehabilitation Hospital White Cross Road York YO31 8FT. York has handled 87 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than York's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Guildhall. We hold 284 applications in total for the YO31 postcode area.

83% of outline 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 8FT
Application type
Solar Panels prior notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Guildhall Planning Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
9 January 2026
Last date for comments
9 January 2026
Target decision date
26 January 2026
Permission expires
23 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Vital Energi Utilities Ltd
Agent address
Century House Roman Road Blackburn BB1 2LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 December 2025
Site notice end
9 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14535652
Documents
10
Constraints
7

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.

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