17B, Wide Bargate, Boston, PE21 6SR

B/22/0025Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 6 April 2022

Council decision: Favourable with conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for retrospective permission to change the use from class A1 to sitting and administration of computer-based driving theory test exams

Received: 4 February 2022
Council: Boston Borough Council

ReceivedReceived4 Feb
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided6 Apr

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 17B, Wide Bargate, Boston, PE21 6SR. Boston has handled 461 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Boston's typical decision time. The site is in the Boston conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 886 applications in total for the PE21 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Boston Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: PE21 6SR
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Boston Town Area Committee

Planning application dates

Validated: 4 February 2022

Additional information

Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Boston
Listed building: Grade II: 27 and 29, Wide BargateOn or next to this site · +2 more
Heritage at Risk Register: Boston, Boston Town Centre
Brownfield land register: Car Park to the rear of 27-29 Wide Bargate, BostonRegister site at or near this address

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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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: Boston

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