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Mewith Head Farm Mewith High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AP

08/2003/3141Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 June 2003

Council decision: Approve

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Alterations and extensions to existing farmhouse

Received
1 May 2003
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated2 May
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Mewith Head Farm Mewith High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AP. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the LA2 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Craven were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LA2 7AP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
NCA

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 May 2003
Consultation expiry
6 June 2003
Consultation start
2 May 2003
Consultation end
23 May 2003
Target decision date
27 June 2003
Permission expires
24 June 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miller's Green Mewith Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 May 2003
Advertisement expiry
6 June 2003
Site notice start
16 May 2003
Site notice end
6 June 2003

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Forest Of Bowland
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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