Skip to content

2 Precentors Court York YO1 7EJ

25/02555/CLUCertificate of Lawful Existing UseAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for use as a short term holiday let (sui generis) for up to 8no. occupants

Received
24 December 2025
Decision due
25 March 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Guildhall
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided

Have your say

Comments close on 13 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 Precentors Court York YO1 7EJ. York has handled 172 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Central Historic Core conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Guildhall. We hold 333 applications in total for the YO1 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
YO1 7EJ
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Guildhall Planning Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
English House 2 Railway Street Pocklington York YO42 2QZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
78 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Central Historic Core Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: York Arms (Numbers 24 and 26)On or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

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, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near YO1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Before the decision

You may need a heritage statement. Heritage & archaeology consultants near this site

A listed building is on or next to this site.

See all heritage consultants near York

Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address