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The Old School House Shirbutt Lane Hessay York YO26 8JT

26/00207/LHELarge Householder ExtensionApproved
Householder

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: LHE ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of single storey extension extending 5.7 metres beyond the rear wall of the origional house, with a height to the eaves of 2.3 metres and a total height of 3.4 metres

Received
2 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural West York
Agent
Micklethwaite Planning Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at The Old School House Shirbutt Lane Hessay York YO26 8JT. York has handled 348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than York's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Rural West York. We hold 1,324 applications in total for the YO26 postcode area.

91% of full 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
YO26 8JT
Application type
Large Householder Extension
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hessay Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 March 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026
Permission expires
12 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Micklethwaite Planning Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
Craven House 14 - 18 York Road Wetherby LS22 6LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14651709
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    4 Feb

    Insertion of four no. rooflights to front

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/00218/FUL
  2. 2026
    2 Feb

    Erection of single storey extension extending 5.7 metres beyond the rear wall of the origional house, with a…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00207/LHE

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