Former Laboratory Premises, West Carr Road, Retford

01/06/00315Full Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 30 November 2006

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING LABORATORY TO CHILDREN'S NURSERY

Received: 5 October 2006
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bassetlaw District Council

ReceivedReceived5 Oct
ValidatedValidated13 Oct
Consult.Consultation14 Mar
TargetTarget Date8 Dec
DecidedDecided30 Nov

Decided in 48 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Laboratory Premises, West Carr Road, Retford. Bassetlaw has handled 2,794 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Bassetlaw's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

87% of full applications at Bassetlaw District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Retford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 October 2006
Consultation expiry: 14 March 2007
Consultation start: 21 February 2007
Consultation end: 14 March 2007
Neighbour consultation start: 19 October 2006
Target decision date: 8 December 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 20 October 2006

Appeal

Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Dismissed

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Land opposite 87 West Carr Road Ordsall RetfordRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Bassetlaw

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