Thornton Dale Playing Field, Roxby Road, Thornton le Dale, YO18 7SX Data via plota.co.uk

FL/2026/00279 - Full Permission Approved

Proposal

installation of play equipment (zip wire and climbing boulder) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
4 Jun 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Approved
10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

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.
Thornton-le-Dale 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 ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 161 m away: Standing cross 180m north of Hall Farm; 6 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Thornton-le-Dale built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, 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 11 September 2026. 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

Application type
Full Permission
Postcode
YO18 7SX
Received
4 Jun 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Parish
Thornton-le-Dale CP
Case officer
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Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 65 days from validation, 10 days slower than North York Moors's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 100% of extensions here are.

73%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
82decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00233
Comments by
14 Aug 2026
Committee
4 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
North York Moors
Planning Authority Score
8.2/10
Excellent
#21 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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