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26/02980/PNG - Prior Notif 1 no. Agric Bld to Flex Use Refused
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of an existing agricultural barn to flexible commercial use under Class R of Schedule 2, Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
1 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
5 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 5 Aug 2026 · Last checked 5 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF NYC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Consultee Comment · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Consultee Comment · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF PN SITE NOTICE Site Notice · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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 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.
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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1412 m away: Fenwick Solar Farm; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate 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 area153 m² (1,647 sq ft)
Energy ratingG (6 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingElectric storage heaters
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2011, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Selby
Application type
Prior Notif 1 no. Agric Bld to Flex Use
Postcode
DN14 0ES
Received
10 Jun 2026
Validated
10 Jun 2026
Ward
Osgoldcross
Parish
Balne
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Aug 2026
Decision
Refused Prior Notification
Decision date
5 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 59 days. Refused, as 54% of changes of use here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
46%approved
39decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14990014
Planning Portal ref
PP-14990014
Consultation
1 Jul 2026
Comments by
31 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
7 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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2020 Refused
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2020 Refused
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2019 Approved
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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.