Church of All Saints, Church Street, Helmsley, YO62 5BL Data via plota.co.uk

FL/2026/00160 - Full Permission Approved

Proposal

alterations to modern glazed entrance porch to facilitate installation of automated doors and changes to external stone path levels to improve wheelchair access Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
24 Apr 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Approved
4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Site constraints 11

Surface water flood risk
Grade II* listed: Church of All Saints
List entry 1149308 · 6 m from the pin · 21 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II*, 19 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 21 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 ↗
Scheduled monument 128 m away: Helmsley Castle: twelfth century ringwork, twelfth to fourteenth century enclosure castle and sixteenth century mansion
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Surface water flood riskCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
National nature reserve 324 m away: Duncombe Park; Registered park or garden 128 m away: Duncombe Park; SSSI 324 m away: Castle Hill Deer Park and Windy Pits SSSI; National landscape 381 m away: Howardian Hills; Inside the Helmsley built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 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
YO62 5BL
Received
24 Apr 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Parish
Helmsley CP
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Wiles and Maguire

How this decision compares

Decided in 116 days from validation, 61 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/2026/00153
Comments by
13 Jun 2026
Committee
24 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Aug 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