Low Mearbeck Barn (GR 381527 460443), Mearbeck, Long Preston, Skipton, North Yorkshire Data via plota.co.uk

C/62/645B - Sec 73 Variation or removal of Condition Approved
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises

Proposal

Section 73 application to vary conditions 2 (approved plans), 3 (design details), 7 (extraction, ventilation and pipework details) & 10 (treatment of phosphates) of (full planning permission for conversion of barn to dwelling and/or holiday let; reduce height of boundary walls adjacent to A65 for visibility splays; installation of package treatment plant and associated works to form curtilage and car parking) in respect of erection of small single storey extension; installation of solar panels to south west roof slope; replace roof with Yorkshire greys reproduction/imitation stone slate with diminishing courses; all external woodwork to be painted beige colour; extraction ventilation and associated pipework to be as detailed Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
31 Mar 2026
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Validated
7 Apr 2026
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Consultation
7 Apr 2026
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Approved
16 Oct 2026

Approved on 16 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

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    Conditions 2, 3, 7, 10 varied

    • VariationSection 73 application to vary conditions 2 (approved plans), 3 (design details), 7…This applicationC/62/645B

Site constraints 7

Tree preservation orderArticle 4 direction
Yorkshire Dales National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Long Preston conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Tree preservation orderCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Article 4 directionCouncil record
Some permitted development rights are withdrawn. The direction is on the council's register but not published as open data.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Yorkshire Dales
Application type
Sec 73 Variation or removal of Condition
Postcode
BD23
Received
31 Mar 2026
Validated
7 Apr 2026
Parish
Settle
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 May 2026
Decision
Approved - Conditional
Decision date
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
The Drawing Board (UK) Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
7 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Apr 2026