Woburn Abbey, Woburn Park, Woburn, Milton Keynes, MK17 9WA

CB/18/00740/LBListed BuildingApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 14 May 2018

Council decision: Listed Building - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Alterations to the external landscaping to the Grotto Garden including the removal of 20th century concrete paving and the two 1970's entrance doors into the Abbey, followed by reinstatement of the masonry; the removal of the plate glass to the Grotto arches to be replaced with new metal doors in addition to works to reinstate the 17th century interiors in the Grotto Chamber and Green Parlour, including a new staircase and reinstatement of the tapestries and wall panelling; the removal of a 1950's staircase and installation of a new platform lift; the removal of a 1960's staircase and reinstatement of the Long Gallery and other minor internal alterations and removal of 20th century interventions.

Received: 22 February 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Central Bedfordshire Council

ReceivedReceived22 Feb
ValidatedValidated22 Feb
Consult.Consultation13 Apr
TargetTarget Date19 Apr
DecidedDecided14 May

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Woburn Abbey, Woburn Park, Woburn, Milton Keynes, MK17 9WA. Central Bedfordshire has handled 583 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 39 other applications at this address. We hold 1,678 applications in total for the MK17 postcode area.

90% of heritage applications at Central Bedfordshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: MK17 9WA
Application type: Listed Building
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Woburn

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 February 2018
Consultation expiry: 13 April 2018
Consultation start: 22 February 2018
Consultation end: 13 April 2018
Target decision date: 19 April 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 77 Heyford Park Upper Heyford OX25 5HD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

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.

Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Immediate direction+1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

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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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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