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15 Rougier Street York YO1 6HZ

25/02492/FULRefused

Refused on 2 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Conversion of ground floor of no.16 from residential (Use Class C3) to commercial (Use Class E),change of use of upper floors of Nos. 16 and 17 from residential to 4no. short term holiday let apartments (sui generis) and change of use of No.15 to a short term holiday let (sui generis), together with extension and alterations to buildings

Received
15 December 2025
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 260 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 15 Rougier Street York YO1 6HZ. York has handled 3,707 applications of this type. This one was decided in 260 days, 29 weeks longer than York's typical decision time. The site is in the Central Historic Core conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 333 applications in total for the YO1 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed change of use from residential to 5no. short-term holiday lets is unacceptable due to the combination of the transient nature of the future occupants of the holiday accommodation and the serious residual flood risk to the building and its occupants should the 'North Street Flood Alleviation Scheme' flood defence flood walls and flood gates fail or be overtopped in the 1 in 100 year plus 30% climate change event. In such circumstances, inundation could be rapid, and the flood water depths within the ground floor of the building would reach

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
YO1 6HZ

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 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: 15, 16 and 17, Rougier StreetOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Hmo
  • Brownfield land register: Northern House Rougier StreetRegister 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    16 Dec

    Conversion of ground floor of no.16 from residential (Use Class C3) to commercial (Use Class E),change of use…

    This applicationRefusedApplication25/02492/FUL
  2. 2025
    16 Dec

    Internal and external alterations to facilitate conversion of ground floor of no.16 from residential (Use…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/02493/LBC

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    16 Feb

    Condition 3 (materials) of 25/01438/LBC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsAOD/26/00045

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