How the Planning System Works
- Applicant applies to East Riding Of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) for planning permission if needed.
- ERYC refers the application to the Parish Council and other statutory bodies for comment. Each application is reviewed at a meeting of the Planning Committee and residents are informed through notices being placed on near-by lamp-posts or by registering on the on-line planning system.
- The Parish Council does not take the final decision but can recommend approval or refusal, taking into account views of residents who can attend Parish Council meetings to state their views. The final decision does not always follow the Parish Council’s recommendations.
- The application can either be decided by ERYC planning officers under delegated powers or it can go to the ERYC Western Area Planning Committee or ERYC Strategic Planning Committee for a decision, taking into account the Parish Council's and Resident's views who may be allowed to attend committee meetings.
- An appeal by the applicant against an ERYC decision can be made to the Planning Inspectorate at Bristol who will give a decision. This can only be challenged in the Courts.
Accessing Planning Applications Online
To view Planning Applications via the East Riding Planning Public Access Page, enter the Reference Number (available from the Clerk and published in the planning minutes) then click the search button. To make a comment on a planning application you will have to register and log in. You can also write to the Case Officer at ERYC, Beverley, HU17 9BA or email planning@eastriding.gov.uk and always make sure you quote the Reference Number.
Planning Committee
Please let the Parish Council know your concerns. If you have submitted or are affected by a planning application, you may address the Planning Committee of the Parish Council at their 7 pm meeting. The following Councillors are members of the Planning Committee:-
- Chairman : Cllr Belinda Hookem
- Vice Chairman : Cllr Claire Allmendinger
- Cllr Mike Abraham
- Cllr Terry Black
- Cllr Phil Blogg
East Riding Local Plan
The Local Plan Update was finalised in 2025 and it determines the amount and type of development that will take place across the East Riding until the next version of the local plan is adopted. Residents may be aware that North Ferriby Parish Council took every opportunity to participate in and influence the development of the Local Plan Update.
For the period between 2025 and 2029/30, this plan confirms the establishment of an allocation of 157 dwellings in the village of North Ferriby, of which 141 will be delivered through the Ferriby Meadows phase 1 and phase 2 developments.
Since the Local Plan Update was finalised, the Government have increased the levels of new housing required to be built, which for the East Riding of Yorkshire area, means an additional 898 homes a year are needed. Work is now underway to develop a new Local Plan based on this new target, and this is expected to cover the period from 2029/30 to 2044/45.
Again North Ferriby Parish Council is engaging with the new plan making process, which will start by 31st October 2026 and should take 30 months from preparation to adoption. Due to changes made by Government to the planning process, the methodology used to create the plan is different, and sites will not be allocated until the final stages of the plan. Until then, it will be possible to see which pieces of land are potentially available for development on the Call for Sites map, but each of these parcels will be individually assessed against the policies that are being developed, before a decision is taken to include them in the plan for development or not.
The Parish Council will keep you updated on the different consultation stages in the process as they happen.