Black Swan Hotel, Market Place, Helmsley York, YO62 5BJ Data via plota.co.uk

LB/2026/00317 - Alter or Extend a Listed Building Live

Proposal

Listed Building consent for installation of replacement timber fascia to gable on front elevation Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
23 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 78.

The consultation period closed on 17 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 12

Surface water flood risk
Grade II listed: The Black Swan and Railings to Front
List entry 1149280 · 3 m away · 24 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II*, 21 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.
Show the other 24 with distances
Historic England ↗
North York Moors National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Helmsley 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 ↗
Surface water flood riskCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 161 m away: Helmsley Castle: twelfth century ringwork, twelfth to fourteenth century enclosure castle and sixteenth century mansion; National nature reserve 335 m away: Duncombe Park; Radon affected area, class 3; Registered park or garden 161 m away: Duncombe Park; SSSI 335 m away: Castle Hill Deer Park and Windy Pits SSSI; National landscape 338 m away: Howardian Hills; Inside the Helmsley built-up area; 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

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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

Application type
Alter or Extend a Listed Building
Postcode
YO62 5BJ
Received
23 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Parish
Helmsley CP
Case officer
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Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Adelphi Architecture

Decision outlook

Day 78, past the statutory target. 89% of listed building works in North York Moors are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 22 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Oct 2026.

Day 7822 days past the 56-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
47decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00336
Comments by
17 Aug 2026
Committee
23 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
North York Moors
Planning Authority Score
8.2/10
Excellent
#21 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

North York Moors is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #85 out of 296. Only 21% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
North York Moors decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #13 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #57 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #85 of 296
21%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #20 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
20 decided (1-9 homes)
93%
Change of use approved
61 decided
427
Total decisions
19 refused in the year to March 2026

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