4-5 Baxtergate Whitby North Yorkshire YO21 1BW Data via plota.co.uk

25/04529/LB - Listed Building consent Approved

Proposal

New fire exit and reconfigure the internal space within the ground floor Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Dec 2025
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Validated
12 Feb 2026
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Consultation
13 Feb 2026
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Approved
5 Jun 2026

Approved on 5 Jun 2026 · Chief Planner · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: Hsbc Bank (Including Harbour View Cafe)
List entry 1393942 · 4 m away · 78 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 74 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.
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Historic England ↗
Whitby 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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers and the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Scheduled monument 224 m away: Whitby Abbey: Saxon double-house, post-Conquest Benedictine monastery, C17 manor house and C14 cross.; Flood defence 24 m away (natural high ground); SSSI 492 m away: Whitby-Saltwick SSSI; Inside the Whitby built-up area; Priority habitat 30 m away: Mudflats; Heritage coast 224 m away: North Yorkshire & Cleveland.
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.

Building

Floor area445 m² (4,790 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (asset rating 88)
UseRetail/Financial and Professional Services
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building consent
Postcode
YO21 1BW
Received
16 Dec 2025
Validated
12 Feb 2026
Ward
Whitby Streonshalh
Parish
Whitby (Scarborough)
Case officer
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Target decision
5 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
5 Jun 2026
Decision level
Chief Planner
Applicant
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Agent
CLB Heritage

How this decision compares

Decided in 113 days from validation, 45 days slower than Scarborough's median of 68 for commercial premises. Approved, as 91% of commercial premises here are.

37%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
74decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Scarborough in the last twelve months, from validation. Scarborough decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 26 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14570604
Planning Portal ref
PP-14570604
Consultation
13 Feb 2026
Comments by
16 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
20 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.