Ilkley Grammar School Cowpasture Road Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 8TR

24/04213/MAFMajor Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 25 April 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of several existing teaching and sports blocks and their replacement with new teaching block, multi-use game areas, sports hall and swimming pool facilities, refurbishment of the Marshall Building, installation of sub-station, plus external works to landscaping and car parking

Received: 20 November 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Ilkley (ward 14)

ReceivedReceived20 Nov
ValidatedValidated20 Nov
Consult.Consultation16 Dec
TargetTarget Date19 Feb
DecidedDecided25 Apr

Decided in 156 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Ilkley Grammar School Cowpasture Road Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 8TR. Bradford has handled 5,271 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 14 weeks longer than Bradford's typical decision time. There have been 21 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 150 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 8TR
Application type: Major Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Ilkley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 November 2024
Consultation expiry: 2 January 2025
Consultation start: 25 November 2024
Consultation end: 16 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 30 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 23 December 2024
Last date for comments: 2 January 2025
Target decision date: 19 February 2025
Permission expires: 25 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: WSP
Agent address: First Floor 3 Wellington Place Leeds LS1 4AP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 12 December 2024
Advertisement expiry: 2 January 2025
Site notice start: 17 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13362204
Documents: 212

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: IlkleyPart of the site
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.

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