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Land Adjoining Leckhampton Farm Court Farm Lane Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire

21/02750/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 14 December 2022

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Residential development of 30 no. dwellings (Class C3); vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access from Church Road; pedestrian and cycle access from Farm Lane; highways improvement works; public open space, landscaping, orchard planting and children's play space; surface water attenuation and other associated works

Received
13 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
52
Ward
Leckhampton
Agent
Black Box Planning
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 365 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjoining Leckhampton Farm Court Farm Lane Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire. Cheltenham has handled 1,139 applications of this type. This one was decided in 366 days, 47 weeks longer than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Leckhampton.

94% of full applications at Cheltenham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
30
Parish
Leckhampton With Warden Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2021
Consultation expiry
2 November 2022
Consultation start
19 August 2022
Consultation end
2 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2022
Neighbour consultation end
9 September 2022
Last date for comments
22 September 2022
Target decision date
15 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Black Box Planning
Agent address
36 King Street Bristol BS1 4DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 August 2022
Site notice start
25 August 2022
Site notice end
15 September 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
23/00010/PP1

Appeal history

3317851
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 12 September 2023Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal
3298102
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 November 2022Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10415407
Documents
156
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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