18 - 22 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry, CV1 3AU
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use of student accommodation 4 x large HMO units (sui generis).
- Received
- 27 February 2019
- Decided
- 30 May 2019 · Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Coventry City Council
- Ward
- St. Michael's
- ReceivedSubmitted27 Feb
- ValidatedValidated4 Apr
- Consult.Consultation10 Apr
- TargetTarget Date30 May
- DecidedDecided30 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
This is an application to amend a permission at 18 - 22 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry, CV1 3AU. Coventry has handled 238 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Coventry's median. The site is in the Spon Street conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across St. Michael's. We hold 1,217 applications in total for the CV1 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Coventry
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201914 Oct
Change of use from house in multiple occupation to 38 self-contained student flats and new single and two…
ApprovedFULM major applicationFUL/2019/2689 - 20197 Mar
Change of use of existing HMO student accommodation to 38 self-contained student flats with shared communal…
ApprovedFULM major applicationFUL/2019/0618
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Spon Street Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Hmo - 30.9.23
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.
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