Land To The North Of Drax Power Station New Road Drax Selby North Yorkshire YO8 8TE Data via plota.co.uk

26/05292/PND - Prior Notification of Demolition Approved

Proposal

Prior notification for demolition of former storage buildings known as the Woodyard Buildings, which form part of the wider Drax Power Station site Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Aug 2026
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Consultation
2 Sept 2026
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Approved
23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
National infrastructure project: Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project
The site is inside the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: White Rose Carbon Capture and Storage Project (decided, the site is inside its boundary); Yorkshire and Humber CCS Cross Country Pipeline (decided, 175 m); Drax Re-power (decided, 831 m); East Yorkshire Solar Farm (decided, 853 m); Helios Renewable Energy Project (decided, 1042 m); Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline (at pre-application, 380 m); East Coast Hydrogen Humber Pipeline (at pre-application, 1977 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Barlow built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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
Selby
Application type
Prior Notification of Demolition
Postcode
YO8 8TE
Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
26 Aug 2026
Ward
Camblesforth & Carlton
Parish
Long Drax
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Oct 2026
Decision
Permitted Prior Notification
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Newmark

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 28 days faster than Selby's median of 56 for demolitions. Approved, as 81% of demolitions here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
45decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Selby in the last twelve months, from validation. Selby decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15151883
Planning Portal ref
PP-15151883
Consultation
2 Sept 2026
Comments by
16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No