Planning appeal decision
The Old Vicarage, 40 North End, Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, DL6 3BB
Planning appeal 3349775 at The Old Vicarage, 40 North End, Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, DL6 3BB (North York Moors) was allowed on 14 January 2025 by Inspector Worthington E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the works would preserve a grade II listed building and any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses.
described as ‘to install replacement traditional weighted vacuum sealed sliding sash windows, for window location W07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13 & 18 and Yorkshire sliding sash vacuum sealed windows for window location W11 and W19 ’
- Authority
- North York Moors
- Appeal type
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Worthington E
- Postcode
- DL6 3BB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the works would preserve a grade II listed building and any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
What decided it
The proposed windows would effectively appear the same as those they replace and would be an accurate copies that preserve the listed building's special interest whilst supporting energy efficiency improvements required by paragraph 167 of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV11Strategic Policy I
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 167
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in North York Moors
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Allowed10 April 20266001409East End Farm, East End, Egton, YO21 1UF
- Dismissed9 March 20266001729The Timber House, Hutton Village Road, Guisborough, TS14 8EW
- Dismissed27 January 2026600095954 High Street, Helmsley, YO62 5AG
- Dismissed19 January 20263373271Victoria Hotel, Station Road, Robin Hoods Bay, Whitby, YO22 4RL
- Dismissed19 January 20263371722Beacon Farm Beacon Brow Road, Scalby, Scarborough, YO13 0RB
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®