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Rectory Farmhouse Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH

18/02401/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 December 2018

Council decision: Application PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of the existing garage into storage, erection of double garage with garden room over and new front entrance door

Received
22 June 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stow
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Dec

Decided in 188 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Rectory Farmhouse Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH. Cotswold has handled 2,474 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 21 weeks longer than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Swell conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Stow. We hold 3,306 applications in total for the GL54 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Cotswold District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GL54 1LH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swell

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2018
Consultation expiry
27 December 2018
Consultation end
27 December 2018
Last date for comments
9 August 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr John Hallam
Agent address
Unit 4 Essex House Cromwell Park Banbury Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SR

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lower Swell Conservation Area
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    20 Feb

    Compliance with conditions 4 (sample materials), 5 (sample walling panel) & 6 (sample render panel) of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/00910/COMPLY
  2. 2018
    22 Jun

    Conversion of the existing garage into storage, erection of double garage with garden room over and new front…

    This applicationApprovedFull18/02401/FUL
  3. 2018
    22 Jun

    Conversion of the existing garage into storage and new front entrance door

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside18/02402/LBC

Source: Cotswold

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