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The Old Grain House Rectory Barns Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH

19/04753/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 5 March 2020

Council decision: Application PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The removal of two approved roof lights and the addition of one openable roof light to provide emergency egress

Received
24 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stow
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 72 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Old Grain House Rectory Barns Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH. Cotswold has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 5 weeks longer than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Stow. We hold 3,308 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 5 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
24 December 2019
Consultation expiry
28 January 2020
Consultation end
28 January 2020
Last date for comments
6 February 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Andrew Summers
Agent address
2nd Floor 168 Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AE

Additional information

Documents
8
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
  • Listed building: Grade II: Rectory FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    24 Dec

    Compliance with Condition 5 (details) of Consent 18/03241/LBC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside19/04737/COMPLY
  2. 2019
    24 Dec

    The removal of two approved roof lights and the addition of one openable roof light to provide emergency…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent19/04753/LBC

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