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SELZG2026/0170/ATD - Prior Notif 1 no. Ag bld to residential Refused

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural buildings to 7 No dwellings (Use Class C3) and associated operational development Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Feb 2026
✓
Consultation
20 Mar 2026
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Refused
14 Apr 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 14 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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.
National infrastructure project 187 m away: Light Valley Solar
The site is 187 m from the project boundary. Generating station, under examination. Also within 2 km: Knottingley Power Project (decided, 1887 m); Ferrybridge Next Generation Power Station (at pre-application, 998 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
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
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 Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, 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
Selby
Application type
Prior Notif 1 no. Ag bld to residential
Postcode
LS25 5NB
Received
23 Feb 2026
Validated
23 Feb 2026
Ward
Monk Fryston & South Milford
Parish
Birkin
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Apr 2026
Decision
Refused Prior Notification
Decision date
14 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
LHL Group

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 9 days faster than Selby's median of 59 for changes of use. Refused, as 54% of changes of use here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
46%approved
39decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14723630
Planning Portal ref
PP-14723630
Consultation
20 Mar 2026
Comments by
10 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
3 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
20 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No