Development Land Exchange Street Driffield East Riding Of Yorkshire YO25 6LL Data via plota.co.uk

26/02841/PLF - Full Planning Permission Pending Consideration

Proposal

Change of use from motor vehicle sales to self-storage facility Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
23 Oct 2026
✓
Validated
3 Nov 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 28 Dec 2026, from East Riding's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 4 Dec 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area 28 m away: Driffield North; 4 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Driffield built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 November 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 Planning Permission
Postcode
YO25 6LL
Received
23 Oct 2026
Validated
3 Nov 2026
Ward
Driffield And Rural
Parish
Driffield Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Piercy Design Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. East Riding usually decides changes of use by day 55.

Day 848 days to the 56-day target
85%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
191decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by East Riding in the last twelve months, from validation. East Riding decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Riding
Planning Authority Score
8.1/10
Excellent
#24 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

East Riding is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #7 out of 296. Only 14% 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 (92%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Riding decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #110 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #152 of 296
95%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #7 of 296
14%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #9 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
190 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
42 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
79 decided
1,887
Total decisions
198 refused in the year to March 2026