Apply for housing in the Selby area

Find out how to apply for rented housing in the Selby area and who is eligible.

North Yorkshire Home Choice

Most social and affordable rented housing is allocated through North Yorkshire Home Choice, the choice-based lettings scheme. 

This is our way of allocating homes for rent and shared ownership.

To be considered for both social and rented housing, you will need to register and be accepted as being in housing need.

For more information and to apply, visit the North Yorkshire Home Choice website

How long it takes to be housed

Each year, we have more than 1,000 housing applications from people with a connection to the Selby area. We can accommodate around 20 per cent of the number of people who apply.

We give the highest priority to people most in need.  When you are accepted onto the housing register, we will tell you how we have assessed your housing need. This is broken down into gold, silver and bronze bands.  Gold means those people with the highest needs.

The average waiting time for those who were made an offer varied significantly, depending on their needs and area of preference. The more areas and different types of property types you are willing to consider, the better your chance of being re-housed with us. 

Selby housing stock

This table shows the number of homes we have available in different areas across Selby:

Area Number of homes
Appleton Roebuck 5
Balne 11
Barkston Ash 17
Barlow 7
Bearl  20
Bilbrough 2
Birkin 4
Bolton Percy 2
Brayton 77
Brotherton 53
Burn 13
Burton Salmon 17
Byram 131
Camblesforth 26
Carlton 54
Cawood 26
Chapel Hasslesey 2
Church Fenton 37
Cliffe 25
Colton 1
Criddling Stubbs 4
Drax 11
Eggborough 65
Escrick 1
Fairburn 32
Hambleton  26
Healaugh 3
Hemingbrough 18
Hensall 13
Hillam 1
Hirst Courtney 4
Kelfield 12
Kellington 55
Kirk Smeaton 6
Little Smeaton  8
Long Drax 1
Monk Fryston 32
Newland 2
North Duffield 15
Osgodby 3
Riccall 50
Ryther 3
Saxton 6
Selby 1022
Sherburn in Elmet 331
Skipwith 5
South Duffield 2
South Milford 68
Stillingfleet 13
Stutton 11
Tadcaster 469
Temple Hirst 3
Thorganby 6
Thorpe Willoughby 13
Towton 10
Ulleskelf 19
West Haddlesey 2
Whitley Bridge 32
Wistow 14
Womersley 27

Rural initiative 

Under the rural initiative, you will be given priority if you have a local connection to the village where the home is. If no one with a local connection is interested, we will consider anyone who is registered with North Yorkshire Home Choice.

This does not apply to properties in Selby Town and Tadcaster.

We decide that someone has a local connection and they qualify for local lettings if:

  • they currently live in the village and have lived there for six of the last 12 months 
  • they have lived in the village for at least three out of the last five years
  • they are employed in the village - employment is defined as permanent full or part-time; not casual or seasonal
  • they have an essential need to live close to another person, to provide or receive care or support, and that person has lived in the village for the last five years
  • they have a close family member who has lived in the village for the last five years: mother, father, adult son, adult daughter, adult brother, adult sister
  • they need to move to the village, when not doing so would cause hardship

Local lettings criteria

In line with the North Yorkshire Home Choice allocations policy, local lettings initiatives may be introduced to respond to local housing need and demand within a specific build or area. 

They are used to ensure best management of housing stock supporting rural and city areas regarding demand and affordability and ensuring balanced sustainable communities.  Where there is a specific planning agreement, advertised properties will refer to a section 106 planning agreement. This will provide the criteria that must be met to enable a bid for housing advertised.

Qualifying criteria

You will be given priority if you have a local connection to the local parish. 

We decide someone has a local connection if:

  • they currently live in the parish and have lived there for six out of the last 12 months
  • they have lived within the parish for at least three years out of the last five years
  • they are employed in the parish -  employment is defined as permanent full or part-time, not casual or seasonal
  • they have an essential need to live close to another person, to provide or receive care or support, and that person has lived in the parish for the last five years
  • they have a close family member who has lived in the parish for the last 5 years: mother, father, adult son, adult daughter, adult brother, adult sister
  • they need to move to the parish, when not doing so would cause hardship

If no one with a local connection is interested, we will consider people with a connection to the wider Selby area before the whole North Yorkshire Home Choice partnership.

Current local lettings initiatives

Registered Provider Scheme name and Area Expiry Date of Agreement
Leeds Federated  Hornet Chase, Church Fenton 07/2024
  Orchard Close, Sherburn in Elmet 06/2024
Sage Housing Saxton Gardens, Sherburn in Elmet 04/2024
Selby District Council Tadcaster - Buy Backs 04/2027
  Selby - Buy Back  04/2027
  Crawford Close, Byram 12/2023
  Tadcaster - Buy Backs 10/2025
Selby District Housing Trust Ousegate, Selby 02/2024
  Orchard Park, Ulleskelf 11/2023
  Jubilee Close, Riccall 09/2023
Stonewater Bay Street, Thorpe Willougby 02/2023
  Grazier Close, Thorpe Willoughby 06/2024
  Barley Close, Thorpe Willoughby 07/2023
Wakefield District Housing (WDH) Grange Meadows, Selby 05/2024
  Green Fields, Ulleskelf 09/2023
  Staynor Hall, Selby 11/2023
  Barley Fields, Barlby 03/2025
  Wolsley Avenue, Cawood 10/2025
York Housing Association Whiteacres, Hambleton 07/2025
Yorkshire Housing Hodgson Gate, Sherburn in Elmet 08/2025
  Selby Road, Eggborough 08/2025
  Staynor Hall, Selby 04/2026
54North Field Drive, Thorpe Willoughby First lets only