Low Farm Starra Field Lane Whixley North Yorkshire YO26 8AU Data via plota.co.uk

26/02627/PNA - Prior Notification Agriculture Approved

Proposal

The proposed scheme comprises a proposed extension to an existing agricultural building for storage of straw, a proposed new detached building to provide an animal feed store and a proposed detached agricultural workshop building for maintenance of the farm machinery. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 May 2026
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Consultation
28 May 2026
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Approved
16 Jun 2026

Approved on 16 Jun 2026 · Chief Planner · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 2

Public bridleway about 10 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 1
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 2. 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.
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 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
Harrogate
Application type
Prior Notification Agriculture
Postcode
YO26 8AU
Received
22 May 2026
Validated
22 May 2026
Ward
Ouseburn
Parish
Whixley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Jul 2026
Decision
Prior approval not required
Decision date
16 Jun 2026
Decision level
Chief Planner
Applicant
Show
Agent
J A Rural

How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, 20 days faster than Harrogate's median of 45 for agricultural works. Approved, as 81% of agricultural works here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
124decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Harrogate in the last twelve months, from validation. Harrogate decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14943618
Planning Portal ref
PP-14943618
Consultation
28 May 2026
Comments by
21 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No