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Sainsbury's Foss Bank York YO31 7JB

25/02505/CLUCertificate of Lawful Existing UseAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for use of land as a public car park

Received
16 December 2025
Decision due
11 February 2026
Public comments
7
Ward
Guildhall
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 13 January.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (13)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Sainsbury's Foss Bank York YO31 7JB. York has handled 172 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Guildhall. We hold 284 applications in total for the YO31 postcode area.

91% of amendment 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 7JB
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Guildhall Planning Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2025
Consultation expiry
13 January 2026
Consultation start
23 December 2025
Consultation end
13 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
13 January 2026
Last date for comments
13 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lancaster House James Nicolson Link Clifton Moor York YO30 4GR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14303417
Documents
13
Constraints
8

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 AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: County HouseOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Hmo
  • Scheduled monument: Jewbury Medieval Jewish CemeteryPart of the site

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, 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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