Land to the Rear of , 3 Church Street, Helmsley, YO62 5AD Data via plota.co.uk

FL/2026/00376 - Full Permission Approved
DemolitionNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

demolition of workshop and garage and construction of three dwellinghouse with associated parking and amenity spaces (revised scheme to planning approval Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Approved
16 Oct 2026

Approved on 16 Oct 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Received 19-08-2026 Application Form · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

  • FullFL/2026/00376This application
    Demolition of workshop and garage and construction of three dwellinghouse with associated parking and amenity spaces revised…
  • Fullcouncil archive

    Conditions details submitted for 19, 23

Site constraints 12

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 67 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.
National nature reserve 250 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.
Registered park or garden 67 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 ↗
20 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 14, 15 and 16, Church Street, Grade II, 51 m away · 3 Grade II*, 17 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Also on the record
SSSI 250 m away: Castle Hill Deer Park and Windy Pits SSSI; Radon affected area, class 3; National landscape 336 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.

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Important details

Council
North York Moors
Application type
Full Permission
Postcode
YO62 5AD
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Parish
Helmsley CP
Case officer
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Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
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Agent
ELG Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 58 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 97% of demolitions here are.

54%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
9%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00409
Comments by
29 Sept 2026
Committee
15 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Oct 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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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