Eagle Star Tower Montpellier Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Refused on 26 September 2023
Council decision: Refusal of Lawful Proposed UseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application seeks confirmation that works undertaken in accordance with a previously approved change of use under Class J, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 ref: 15/01237/P3JPA enables the rest of the conversion to lawfully continue at any stage
- Received
- 2 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Ward
- College
- Agent
- SF Planning Limited
- ReceivedReceived2 Aug
- ValidatedValidated3 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date28 Sep
- DecidedDecided26 Sep
Decided in 54 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Eagle Star Tower Montpellier Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire. Cheltenham has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 3 weeks longer than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across College.
92% of outline 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
- Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 28 September 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- SF Planning Limited
- Agent address
- 9 College Green Gloucester GL1 2LX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 23/00031/PP1
Appeal history
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202512 Jun
T1 Lime x 5 - Crown spread reduction by 2m over pathway and highway to laterally extended branches only…
ApprovedConservation Area Notification25/00936/CACN - 202426 Jun
The application seeks a certificate of lawfulness to confirm that proceeding with the development authorised…
ApprovedCertificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Use24/01078/CLPUD
Source: Cheltenham
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