St Oswalds Church Front Street Sowerby North Yorkshire YO7 1JG Data via plota.co.uk

HAMZB26/00799/LBC - Listed Building consent Approved

Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent to take down and rebuild the pillars of the south gate on Front Street, repoint the curved wall to the south, replace the cap stone and bottom of the north pillar and restore the metal gate work. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 May 2026
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Validated
14 May 2026
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Consultation
15 May 2026
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Approved
8 Jul 2026

Approved on 8 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Grade II* listed: Church of St Oswald
List entry 1151342 · 3 m away · 9 more listed buildings within 150 m (9 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Thirsk and Sowerby 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Sowerby built-up area; Open access land 38 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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
Hambleton
Application type
Listed Building consent
Postcode
YO7 1JG
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
14 May 2026
Ward
Sowerby & Topcliffe
Parish
Sowerby
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Jul 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 12 days faster than Hambleton's median of 67 for listed building works. Approved, as 84% of listed building works here are.

31%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
70decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Hambleton in the last twelve months, from validation. Hambleton decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 26 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14860121
Planning Portal ref
PP-14860121
Neighbours
15 May 2026
Consultation
15 May 2026
Comments by
22 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
20 May 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No