Primary School Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH

19/04129/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 22 May 2020

Council decision: Application PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing lobby to allow for extension and alterations to form secure lobby/meeting room, additional teaching space and refurbished toilet accommodation

Received: 7 November 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cotswold District Council
Ward: Stow

ReceivedReceived7 Nov
ValidatedValidated29 Jan
Consult.Consultation27 Feb
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided22 May

Decided in 114 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Primary School Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH. Cotswold has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 197 days, 22 weeks longer than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Swell conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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.

94% of heritage 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: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Swell

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 January 2020
Consultation expiry: 27 February 2020
Consultation end: 27 February 2020
Last date for comments: 6 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mr Justin Dean
Agent address: The Barn Rhyne Cottage Moreton Valance Gloucester GL2 7NA

Additional information

Documents: 27
Constraints: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Lower Swell Conservation Area
Listed building: Grade II: Lower Swell Primary School RoomOn this site · +3 more
National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

2022
27 Apr
Compliance with Condition 6 (Level 1 Architectural Recording) of listed building consent 19/04129/LBC
ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/01487/COMPLY
2022
26 Apr
Demolition of existing lobby to allow for extension and alterations to form secure lobby/meeting room…
ApprovedListed building consentRelated22/01475/LBC
2019
7 Nov
Demolition of existing lobby to allow for extension and alterations to form secure lobby/meeting room…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent19/04129/LBC

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Cotswold

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