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Yorkshire Dales National Park

In the last 12 months, 96.9% of householder applications were approved in Yorkshire Dales National Park (97 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eight weeks (median 56 days).

Full planning applications: 81.8% approved (137 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-11–2026-06-24): 94.5% of 2,082 decisions approved.

2,577Total applications
1,967Approved
115Refused
167Withdrawn
25Pending
94.5%Approval rate (all types)
Check a property in Yorkshire Dales National Park
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 558 499 59
89.4%
Householder 461 443 18
96.1%
Discharge of Conditions 291 290 1
99.7%
Listed Building Consent 271 258 13
95.2%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 123 121 2
98.4%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 80 74 6
92.5%
Uncategorised 66 66 0
100.0%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 54 53 1
98.1%
Camp Site Temporary Use - PD 33 33 0
100.0%
General Permitted Development 24 24 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 17 13 4
76.5%
Full Planning (Major) 14 12 2
85.7%
Modify Planning Obligation 13 12 1
92.3%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 13 12 1
92.3%
Modify Planning Obligation INFORMAL REQUEST 13 10 3
76.9%
Telecommunications 12 12 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 7 7 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Other) 5 5 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 5 3 2
60.0%
Habitats Regulations Application 5 5 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 5 3 2
60.0%
Reserved Matters 4 4 0
100.0%
Approval of details reserved by condition 4 4 0
100.0%
Advertisement Consent 4 4 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 137 131
95.6%
2023-Q4 185 181
97.8%
2024-Q1 192 183
95.3%
2024-Q2 177 166
93.8%
2024-Q3 162 152
93.8%
2024-Q4 166 159
95.8%
2025-Q1 148 140
94.6%
2025-Q2 185 176
95.1%
2025-Q3 189 174
92.1%
2025-Q4 157 140
89.2%
2026-Q1 138 128
92.8%
2026-Q2 26 26
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
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