Ben Rhydding Post Office 56 Wheatley Lane Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 8PW
Refused on 4 December 2015
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from dwelling with retail/post office use to full dwelling with demolition of existing shop front display window and doorway
- Received
- 19 October 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Ilkley (ward 14)
- Agent
- David Bruce Design
- ReceivedReceived19 Oct
- ValidatedValidated19 Oct
- Consult.Consultation10 Nov
- TargetTarget Date14 Dec
- DecidedDecided4 Dec
Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Ben Rhydding Post Office 56 Wheatley Lane Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 8PW. Bradford has handled 5,271 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Bradford's typical decision time. The site is in the Ben Rhydding conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 146 applications across Ilkley (ward 14). We hold 2,381 applications in total for the LS29 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
- LS29 8PW
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ilkley Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 October 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 19 November 2015
- Consultation start
- 20 October 2015
- Consultation end
- 10 November 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 December 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 November 2015
- Last date for comments
- 19 November 2015
- Target decision date
- 14 December 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- David Bruce Design
- Agent address
- 279 Leeds Road Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 8LL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 October 2015
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 November 2015
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal Allowed
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04552802
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Ben Rhydding
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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.
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Source: Bradford
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