Masham & Fountains planning approval rate
Masham & Fountains ward in North Yorkshire has a 90.7% approval rate based on 204 planning decisions. North Yorkshire overall: 89.5%.
Last updated: September 2026
90.7%
ward approval rate
204
Decisions
185
Approved
19
Refused
89.5%
North Yorkshire average
Masham & Fountains is broadly in line with the North Yorkshire average, neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Masham & Fountains compares
Masham & Fountains ward
90.7%
North Yorkshire overall
89.5%
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Recent decisions in Masham & Fountains
Replacement of two redundant buildings with a new 13.72 x 9.14m building to allo · Wed 23 Sep 2026
Erection of five dwellinghouses with associated works. · Wed 16 Sep 2026
Crown Reduction (by 1.5m on house side) of 1 No Acer, Crown Reduction (to reduce · Mon 14 Sep 2026
Erection of Drystore · Thu 10 Sep 2026
Extension of residential curtilages to form enlarged gardens to plots 3-6, revis · Thu 10 Sep 2026
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Other wards in North Yorkshire
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Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone (94.4%)
Ouseburn (93.0%)
Coppice Valley & Duchy (95.7%)
Boroughbridge & Claro (90.0%)
Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale (87.0%)
Knaresborough West (93.0%)
Oatlands & Pannal (88.7%)