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38 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RF

23/04728/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 9 February 2024

Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Enlargement of existing rear dormer window.

Received
19 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Widcombe And Lyncombe
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Jan
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 38 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RF. Bath has handled 2,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Bath's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 212 applications across Widcombe And Lyncombe. We hold 3,428 applications in total for the BA2 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Bath and North East Somerset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BA2 4RF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2023
Consultation expiry
19 January 2024
Consultation end
19 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 December 2023
Target decision date
13 February 2024
Decision issued
12 February 2024
Permission expires
12 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
71 Rush Hill Southdown Bath Bath And North East Somerset BA2 2QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 December 2023
Site notice start
27 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12687936
UPRN
100120025903
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bath
  • World Heritage Site: City of Bath
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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