Abbey Hotel 14 - 16 Bath Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HN
Approved on 3 December 2024
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from Class C1 (guesthouse) to Class C3 (dwelling houses) to create 2no. townhouses.
- Received
- 13 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Ward
- College
- Agent
- SF Planning Limited
- ReceivedReceived13 Sep
- ValidatedValidated14 Sep
- Consult.Consultation18 Nov
- TargetTarget Date9 Nov
- DecidedDecided3 Dec
Decided in 80 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Abbey Hotel 14 - 16 Bath Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HN. Cheltenham has handled 1,139 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 7 weeks longer than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across College. We hold 1,442 applications in total for the GL53 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- GL53 7HN
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 26 November 2024
- Consultation start
- 4 November 2024
- Consultation end
- 18 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 26 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 9 November 2024
- Permission expires
- 3 December 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- SF Planning Limited
- Agent address
- 12 Royal Crescent Cheltenham GL50 3DA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 September 2024
- Site notice start
- 5 November 2024
- Site notice end
- 26 November 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13333538
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
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.
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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