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Mewith Head Mewith Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AP

08/2008/8324Prior NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 July 2008

Council decision: Approve Prior Notification

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erect new 8ML wooden pole (approx 6.4m above ground level)

Received
23 January 2008
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.29 Feb
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Mewith Head Mewith Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AP. Craven has handled 504 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 18 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. 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.

78% of outline 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
Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
District
NCA

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2008
Consultation expiry
29 February 2008
Consultation start
8 February 2008
Consultation end
29 February 2008
Target decision date
19 March 2008
Permission expires
23 July 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Postpoint 110A Communications House harlescott Lane Shrewsbury SY1 3AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 February 2008
Site notice end
29 February 2008

Additional information

Comments
0
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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© 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.

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