The Council Of The City Of York Town And Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (As Amended) Direction Made Under Article 4(1) Without Immediate Effect
Relating To Heslington Conservation Area

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of York ("the Council") on 9 June 2022 made a Direction under Article 4(1) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) ("the GDPO"). The Article 4 Direction applies to land within the Heslington Conservation Area comprising parts of Main Streets, Holburns Croft, Hall Park and School Lane as shown shaded red on the plan accompanying the Direction.
The Direction removes permitted development rights (granted by Article 3 of the GPDO) for the types of development described in the Schedule to the Direction, consisting of the enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwelling house, any alteration to the roof (i.e roofing materials and roof-lights) of a dwelling house, and the erection or construction or demolition of a porch outside any external door of a dwelling house, where the aforementioned works are to front or side elevations facing a highway; the installation, alteration including demolition of a chimney or flue which projects proud of the roof slope on a dwelling house; the installation, alteration of microgeneration solar PV or solar thermal equipment on the front or side facing roof slopes of a dwelling house or a block of flats or a building situated within the curtilage of a dwelling house or a block of flats; the erection, construction, improvement or alteration of a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure facing a highway. From the date when the Direction comes into force the types of development described in the Schedule shall not be carried out in the area to which the Direction applies unless planning permission is granted by the Council. A copy of the Direction including a copy of the plan defining the area to which it relates can be viewed during opening hours at: York Explore, Library Square, York Y01 7DS, or can be viewed on the Council's website at:

. Representations may be made concerning the Article 4 Direction between 9 June 2022 and 26 July 2022, by email to

or by post to Heslington Article 4 Direction Consultation, DCSD Team, City of York Council, West Offices, Station Rise, York Y01 6GA. Any representations must be received by 5pm on 26 July 2022.
The Article 4 Direction will come into force, subject to confirmation by the Council, on 10 June 2023. Dated 9th day of June 2022

Becky Eades, Head of Planning & Development Services