In the East riding there are a variety of conservation areas ranging from town centres to rural settlements. Instead of protecting an individual building, a conservation area seeks to preserve an area's whole character. This character can be made up of buildings, spaces between buildings, views, paving materials, trees and boundary features. The objective of defining a conservation area is to provide for the preservation and enhancement of the special interest of the place. The intention is not to stifle change, but to provide for the positive management of these unique areas.
There are stricter planning controls over new development within a conservation area.
There are stricter limitations on the extent of development that can be carried out under 'permitted development' regulations, particularly in relation to dwelling houses. These restrictions include a smaller limit on extensions before planning permission is needed and greater control over garden buildings and structures and satellite dishes.
The council has a duty to enhance, where possible, conservation areas and will do this in a number of ways. For example, grant schemes for the repair of buildings were run in the past in some of the larger conservation areas such as Hornsea, Howden and Market Weighton.
There are specific planning references in the four local plans covering East Riding of Yorkshire Council area which place greater considerations on applications within and adjacent to conservation areas. The 103 currently designated conservation areas vary both in character and in size and include, for example, the centres of most of the towns in the East Riding of Yorkshire area including Beverley, Driffield, Market Weighton, Pocklington, Hedon, Hornsea, Howden and Snaith: and smaller villages such as Atwick, Adlingfleet, Hotham etc.
The council will also, from time to time, consider new designations of areas which have special architectural or historic interest that would benefit from further protection. The council is considering other conservation areas at Barmby on the Marsh, Cottingham (Lawns), Grindale, Harpham, Sancton, additional parts of Swanland and Yokefleet.
The following document gives more details about such areas.
Conservation area brochure (pdf 4.77mb opens in new window)
Trees within conservation areasare protected.
If you wish to discuss a matter relating to a conservation area please contact us on (01482) 393792.
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Conservation Area Consent is required for the total or substantial demolition of any unlisted building within a conservation area, either for its own sake or as part of a re-development scheme. The English Heritage website gives useful guidance relating to conservation area consent.
English Heritage - Conservation area consent (external website)
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Visit our planning applications page where you will get access to online and paper application forms.
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If your application is refused and you think that the proposal could be altered to make it more acceptable it can be re-submitted again with different plans.
Read more about how you can appeal against the decision.
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View applications through the council’s Public Access system via the following link. Follow the instructions to the 'Planning > Simple Search' page. Choose the type of search required and enter the required information into the search box.
Public Access Planning (external East Riding website) Copies of current applications can be viewed at the council’s customer service centre local to the application site during their normal opening hours. Find the address of the relevant customer service centre (finder map).
If you have specific problems visiting a customer service centre during opening hours, please contact us on (01482) 393792 to make alternative arrangements.
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If a building is not listed but in a conservation area we can only comment on applications which require some kind of planning permission. It is therefore advisable to contact the planning and development management section first to establish whether a scheme requires planning permission or associated approvals. To find out whether planning permission is needed pre-application guidance is available.
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Advice for a listed building
If your property is listed, changes to the windows will require approval through listed building consent before you start working on them. However, if you do minor repairs on a strict like for like basis, no consent would be required. We would like to ensure that historic joinery details are preserved and would not be in a position to accept modern materials like UPVC.
There are several ways of improving the insulation of traditional windows which in some cases do not require approval through listed building consent and we are happy to advise you.
Please contact us on (01482) 393792.
Advice for a non-listed building in a conservation area
If your property is not listed but in a conservation area we will only be able to control
alterations and replacements of windows where planning permission is required. To find out whether planning permission is needed pre-application guidance is available.
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To define why an area is of special architectural interest, the Government required local planning authorities to undertake an appraisal for each conservation area. This process is now almost complete for East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Most of the 105 conservation areas have conservation area appraisals.
These appraisals were approved after having gone through a consultation process.
Draft conservation area appraisals which are currently open for public comment can be viewed online. At the present time there are no draft appraisals open for public comment.
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Before a conservation area appraisal is adopted a draft appraisal is made available for public consultation purposes although at the present time there are no draft appraisals open for public comment.
The closing dates for consultation and details for contacting the conservation team by e-mail are shown on the final text page of each individual appraisal. Please note that these documents will not come into force until the consultation stage is completed and they have been ratified by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. They will then be included with the other adopted conservation area appraisals.
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