Longbridge East And River Arrow Development Site Groveley Lane Cofton Hackett Worcestershire

16/1085Outline ApplicationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 July 2017

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Hybrid application:Outline Planning Permission for 150 dwellings with some matters reserved for future consideration (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale)Full Planning Permission for a Community Facility including details of access and associated car parking, landscaping, drainage and other associated infrastructure.

Received: 14 November 2016
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 7
Council: Bromsgrove District Council
Ward: Cofton Ward
Agent: Planning Prospects Limited

ReceivedReceived14 Nov
ValidatedValidated17 Nov
Consult.Consultation14 Dec
TargetTarget Date9 Feb
DecidedDecided27 Jul

Decided in 252 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Longbridge East And River Arrow Development Site Groveley Lane Cofton Hackett Worcestershire. Bromsgrove Redditch has handled 1,003 applications of this type. This one was decided in 255 days, 28 weeks longer than Bromsgrove Redditch's typical decision time. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Cofton Ward.

86% of outline applications at Bromsgrove District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Outline Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 150
Parish: Cofton Hackett Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 November 2016
Consultation expiry: 14 December 2019
Consultation start: 20 November 2019
Consultation end: 14 December 2019
Neighbour consultation start: 25 May 2017
Neighbour consultation end: 15 June 2017
Last date for comments: 14 December 2019
Target decision date: 9 February 2017
Committee meeting: 5 June 2017
Permission expires: 27 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: Planning Prospects Limited
Agent address: 4 Mill Pool Nash Lane Belbroughton DY9 9AF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 84 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 2 December 2016
Advertisement expiry: 16 December 2016
Site notice start: 6 December 2016
Site notice end: 27 December 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-05561958
Documents: 159

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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