Land South Of Smithy Close And West Of Thirkhill Drive/A61 Pannal Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 1GA Data via plota.co.uk

26/04591/OUTMAJ - Outline application - Major Registered

Proposal

Outline application for the erection of residential development for up to 150 dwellings with associated access and landscaping. All matters reserved except means of access into (but not within) the site from Thirkill Drive. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 09:37

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Application progress

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Received

4 Aug 2026

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Validated

26 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 25 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 20 Oct 2026, from Harrogate's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 21 Aug 2026.

Documents 37

Statements & assessments 24

Plans & drawings 3

PDF DRAFT HEADS OF TERMS FOR A SECTION 106 AGREEMENT Supporting Information · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF TRAVEL PLAN - PART 1 Supporting Information · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF TRAVEL PLAN - PART 2 Supporting Information · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 3

PDF APPLICATION FORM REV Application Form · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 1 Supporting Information · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 2

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.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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) agrees.

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.

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 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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