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Land At Mewith Head Mewith Lane Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AP

08/2008/8261Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 February 2008

Council decision: Approve

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Agricultural worker's dwelling.

Received
4 January 2008
Public comments
3
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received4 Jan
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target29 Feb
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Mewith Head Mewith Lane Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AP. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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
4 January 2008
Consultation expiry
20 February 2008
Consultation start
14 January 2008
Consultation end
4 February 2008
Target decision date
29 February 2008
Permission expires
28 February 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Branstone Beck Cottage Mewith Bentham ' Lancaster ' LA2 7LX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 January 2008
Site notice end
20 February 2008

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2007
    7 Jun

    Agricultural worker's dwelling.

    WithdrawnFull Application08/2007/7547

Source: Craven

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