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NM/2026/00091 - Non Material Amendment Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Non material amendment to planning approval to amend the development description removing reference to Tocketts Lythe (located outside of the National Park) as development is no longer proposed in this location Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Committee
26 Mar 2026
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Received
2 Apr 2026
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Approved
23 Apr 2026

Approved on 23 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by North York Moors Planning Committee on 26 Mar 2026.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The application sought a non-material amendment to an earlier mining approval, removing a reference to one site location as development was no longer proposed there.
  • The application was approved.

Source: Plota analysis of North York Moors's committee minutes, North York Moors Planning Committee minutes, 26 March 2026 .

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Received 02-04-2026 Application Form · 10 Apr 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 4

Site constraints 5

North York Moors 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.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special protection area 309 m away: North York Moors
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI 309 m away: Biller Howe Dale SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
North York Moors
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
YO22 5JG
Received
2 Apr 2026
Validated
2 Apr 2026
Decision
NMA Approved with Provisions
Decision date
23 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Lichfields

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00105
Comments by
20 Apr 2026
Committee
2 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
North York Moors
Planning Authority Score
8.2/10
Excellent
#21 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

North York Moors is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #85 out of 296. Only 21% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
North York Moors decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #13 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #57 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #85 of 296
21%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #20 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
20 decided (1-9 homes)
93%
Change of use approved
61 decided
427
Total decisions
19 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings