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HDC Media Group Bracken House 53 Broad Lane Bradford West Yorkshire BD4 8PA

13/02437/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 August 2013

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Partial change of use from B1 offices to D1 day care facilities

Received
24 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bowling And Barkerend (ward 05)
Agent
Niemen Architects
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at HDC Media Group Bracken House 53 Broad Lane Bradford West Yorkshire BD4 8PA. Bradford has handled 5,271 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Bowling And Barkerend (ward 05). We hold 1,035 applications in total for the BD4 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Bradford Metropolitan District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BD4 8PA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not In A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2013
Consultation expiry
2 August 2013
Consultation start
3 July 2013
Consultation end
24 July 2013
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2013
Neighbour consultation end
25 July 2013
Last date for comments
2 August 2013
Target decision date
12 August 2013
Permission expires
19 August 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Niemen Architects
Agent address
Deck 2, The Waterscape 42 Leeds & Bradford Road Kirkstall Leeds West Yorkshire LS5 3EG

Planning decision

Case officer
Amin Ibrar
Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 July 2013
Site notice end
2 August 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02607594
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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