Washfold Farm, Metcalfe Farms, Moor Road, Leyburn, DL8 5JZ Data via plota.co.uk
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NY/2026/0186/A27
Description
Approval of details reserved by Condition no's 8, 10, 20, 23 and 32 of planning permission , which relates to the scheme of working and restoration, soil storage details, noise assessment, vibration assessment, and the aftercare scheme Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Site constraints 5
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 4. 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 16 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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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27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
2020
Approved
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Full Planning Permission for the Conversion of an Existing Stone Barn to Create Staff Acc…
2020
Approved
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Full Planning Permission for the Conversion of an Existing Stone Barn to Create Staff Acc…
2023
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Full Planning Permission to Change an Existing Dwelling into Bedsits and Flats to Provide…
2023
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Full Planning Permission to Change an Existing Dwelling into Bedsits and Flats to Provide…
2022
Approved
Washfold Farm, Moor Road,Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5JZ
Full Planning Permission to Create a Muck Midden on the Farm
2022
Approved
Washfold Farm, Moor Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5JZ
Full Planning Permission for Agricultural Straight Store used for the Storage of Animal F…
2022
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Consultation on Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No. 13 of P…
2022
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Consultation on Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No. 13 of P…
2022
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Consultation on planning application for the purposes of the creation of a new access to…
2022
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Consultation on planning application for the purposes of the creation of a new access to…
2020
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Consultation on planning application for the purposes of the erection of a ready mix conc…
2020
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Consultation on planning application for the purposes of the erection of a ready mix conc…
2019
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Notice of Intention for Erection of Cable Pole to Facilitate Underground Diversion of Exi…
2019
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Notice of Intention for Erection of Cable Pole to Facilitate Underground Diversion of Exi…
2018
Approved
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Full Planning Permission for Two General Purpose Agricultural Buildings
2018
Approved
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Full Planning Permission for Two General Purpose Agricultural Buildings
2017
Approved
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Full Planning Permission for Conversion of Existing Barn into Seven Flats and a Cottage f…
2017
Approved
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Full Planning Permission for Conversion of Existing Barn into Seven Flats and a Cottage f…
2016
Approved
Land To The North Of Tulliscote Farm Keldheads Lane Wensley Station Preston Under Scar Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 4AF
Full Planning Permission to Carry Out Excavation to Form Slurry Lagoon
2016
Approved
Land To The North Of Tulliscote Farm Keldheads Lane Wensley Station Preston Under Scar Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 4AF
Full Planning Permission to Carry Out Excavation to Form Slurry Lagoon
2016
Approved
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Notice of Intention for Section of Overhead Line to be Upgraded
2016
Approved
Washfold Farm Moor Road Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5JZ
Notice of Intention for Section of Overhead Line to be Upgraded
2021
Approved
Washfold Farm, Moor Road, Leyburn, DL8 5JZ
Approval of details reserved by Condition no's 8, 10, and 32 of planning permission Ref…
2022
Approved
Washfold Farm, Moor Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5JZ
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No. 13 of Planning Permissi…
2021
Approved
Washfold Farm, Moor Road, Leyburn. DL8 5JZ
Application for the approval of details reserved by Condition no's 20 & 23 of planning Pe…
North Yorkshire
Planning Authority Score
5/10
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North Yorkshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #138 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #113 of 296
64%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #152 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #184 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
546 decided (1-9 homes)
76%
Major dwellings approved
84 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
297 decided
4,714
Total decisions
506 refused in the year to March 2026
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