Keasbeck Hill Farm (Located North of Brooklands Farm), Keasbeck Hill Farm, Harwood Dale Scarborough, YO13 0DT Data via plota.co.uk

CLP/2026/00284 - Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

certificate of lawfulness of proposed use or development for confirmation that the siting of a static caravan for use as a welfare facility / break room ancillary to the agricultural use of the holding, would be lawful and would not constitute development requiring planning permission Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jul 2026
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Approved
26 Aug 2026

Approved on 26 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Received 03-07-2026 Application Form · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 3

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.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 3. 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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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Important details

Council
North York Moors
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed
Postcode
YO13 0DT
Received
3 Jul 2026
Validated
3 Jul 2026
Parish
Harwood Dale CP
Case officer
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Decision
Certificate of Lawful Use Issued (Approved)
Decision date
26 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Harrison Pick Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 52 days. Approved, as 94% of agricultural works here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
7%go to committee

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

Public comments

1comment received

Last counted 7 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00296
Comments by
6 Aug 2026
Committee
3 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
The Grainary, Keasbeck Hill Farm, Harwood Dale
erection of general purpose agricultural building with occasional use for lambing
NYM/2024/0085
2023 Refused
The Grainary, Keasbeck Hill, Harwood Dale
installation of ground mounted solar array (100 panels)
NYM/2023/0510
2017 Refused
2 Hill Cottages, Keasbeck, Harwood Dale, Near Scarborough
renovation of existing outbuilding for storage
NYM/2017/0289/FL
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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings