Conservation area appraisals
The Planning Policy team recently commissioned Alan Baxter Associates to prepare conservation area appraisals for:
- Appleton Roebuck (pdf / 11 MB)
- Brayton (pdf / 13 MB)
- Cawood (pdf / 14 MB)
- Hemingbrough (pdf / 9 MB)
- Monk Fryston (pdf / 13 MB)
- Riccall (pdf / 12 MB)
- Selby Armoury Road (pdf / 9 MB)
- Selby Leeds Road (pdf / 12 MB)
- Selby Millgate (pdf / 10 MB)
- Selby Town (pdf / 21 MB)
- Tadcaster (pdf / 14 MB)
These documents were all adopted at full council in July 2022.
Selby area adopted conservation areas
There are 23 conservation areas in the Selby area covering parts of the following settlements, the conservation area plan list (pdf / 3 MB) includes details of when the area was designated and also when it was reviewed. Please see the individual conservation area maps:
- Appleton Roebuck (2022) (pdf / 659 KB)
- Bilbrough (pdf / 2 MB)
- Bolton Percy (pdf / 2 MB)
- Brayton (2022) (pdf / 1 MB)
- Cawood (2022) (pdf / 859 KB)
- Escrick (pdf / 3 MB)
- Healaugh (pdf / 2 MB)
- Hemingbrough (2022) (pdf / 795 KB)
- Hillam (pdf / 2 MB)
- Kirk Smeaton (pdf / 2 MB)
- Little Smeaton (pdf / 2 MB)
- Monk Fryston (2022) (pdf / 782 KB)
- Newton Kyme (pdf / 2 MB)
- Riccall (2022) (pdf / 900 KB)
- Saxton (pdf / 2 MB)
- Selby - Armoury Road and Brook Street (2022) (pdf / 987 KB)
- Selby - Leeds Road (2022) (pdf / 828 KB)
- Selby - Millgate (2022) (pdf / 890 KB)
- Selby - Selby Town (2022) (pdf / 2 MB)
- Stillingfleet (pdf / 3 MB)
- Tadcaster (2022) (pdf / 1 MB)
- Thorganby (pdf / 2 MB)
- Womersley (pdf / 2 MB)
What are conservation areas?
Conservation areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest that have character or appearance which is desirable to preserve or enhance.
The documents identify the features which make a positive or negative contribution to the special character of each area, review the boundaries and provide recommendations for the future.
It is not only the buildings that contribute to the historic character of the areas. Other factors that contribute include:
- the form of the settlement
- boundaries
- spaces between buildings
- street surfacing
- green spaces, trees and other historic features all have a part to play
Any new development should be designed with consideration for how it will preserve the historic character of the conservation area.
Additional planning controls
Designation of a conservation area brings with it additional planning controls to preserve the special interest of the area. These can be quite complex, so you should contact us before carrying out any work - permission is usually necessary for the following:
- demolition of a building
- cladding a building
- alterations to the roof
- extensions above 50 cubic metres
- satellite dishes
For enquiries about planning applications in a conservation area, please contact us.