Cobweb Cottage, 11a Church Street, Helmsley, YO62 5AD Data via plota.co.uk

CU/2026/00162 - Change of Use Withdrawn
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

use of existing dwellinghouse as either holiday let or dwellinghouse (no external alterations) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Apr 2026
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Validated
13 May 2026
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Withdrawn
23 Jun 2026

Withdrawn on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Location Plan Received 05-05-2026 Plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 13

Grade II listed: 14, 15 and 16, Church Street
List entry 1149309 · 21 m away · 12 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II*, 10 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 ↗
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 ↗
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. 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 ↗
Scheduled monument 60 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden 60 m away: Duncombe Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
National nature reserve 267 m away: Duncombe Park
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI 267 m away: Castle Hill Deer Park and Windy Pits SSSI; Radon affected area, class 3; National landscape 394 m away: Howardian Hills; Inside the Helmsley built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £360,000 in July 2026. Terraced house, freehold.

3 July 2026£360,000
28 May 2021£285,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area80 m² (861 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (33 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyMid-terrace house, 4 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingElectric underfloor heating
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
North York Moors
Application type
Change of Use
Postcode
YO62 5AD
Received
20 Apr 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
Parish
Helmsley CP
Case officer
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Decision
Withdrawn/Finally Disposed Of
Decision date
23 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Public comments

8comments received

Last counted 7 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
EC/2026/00165
Comments by
19 Jun 2026
Committee
5 May 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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variation of condition 2 (material amendment) of planning approval NYM/2016/0182/FL to al…
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North York Moors
Planning Authority Score
8.2/10
Excellent
#21 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.