Garden Annexe Fernleigh Austfield Lane Hillam West Yorkshire LS25 5EH Data via plota.co.uk

SELZG2026/0036/FUL - Full permission Refused

Proposal

change of use of granny annexe into independent dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
15 Jan 2026
✓
Validated
4 Feb 2026
✓
Consultation
6 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
27 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 27 Jul 2026 · Chief Planner · Last checked 27 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

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 ↗
National infrastructure project 695 m away: Light Valley Solar
The site is 695 m from the project boundary. Generating station, under examination. Also within 2 km: Yorkshire GREEN (decided, 1962 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; Inside the Monk Fryston and Hillam built-up area; Priority habitat 39 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Full permission
Postcode
LS25 5EH
Received
15 Jan 2026
Validated
4 Feb 2026
Ward
Monk Fryston & South Milford
Parish
Monk Fryston
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Apr 2026
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
27 Jul 2026
Decision level
Chief Planner
Applicant
Show
Agent
SSD LTD

How this decision compares

Decided in 173 days from validation, 114 days slower 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

1comment received
1 neutral

Last counted 27 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
6 Feb 2026
Comments by
10 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
17 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
1 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

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