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46 Sixth Avenue York YO31 0US

26/00300/CLUCertificate of Lawful Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 17 March 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for use as House in Multiple Occupation (use class C4) with up to 5 occupants.

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heworth
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 46 Sixth Avenue York YO31 0US. York has handled 172 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than York's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Heworth. 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 0US
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heworth Planning Panel

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 March 2026
Target decision date
17 April 2026
Permission expires
17 March 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
6

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.

Source: York

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