The Heigh Mewith Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AU
Approved on 16 April 2002
Council decision: Approve
Proposal
Extension of existing farmhouse into barn to form additional living accommodation and conversion of outbuilding to workspace with ancillary residential accommodation in adjacent barn
- Received
- 18 February 2002
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Ingleton And Clapham
- ReceivedReceived18 Feb
- ValidatedValidated19 Feb
- Consult.Consultation12 Mar
- TargetTarget Date16 Apr
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Heigh Mewith Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AU. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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 7AU
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Clapham-cum-Newby
- District
- NCA
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 February 2002
- Consultation expiry
- 22 March 2002
- Consultation start
- 19 February 2002
- Consultation end
- 12 March 2002
- Target decision date
- 16 April 2002
- Permission expires
- 16 April 2007
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 16 Willow Mill ' Caton ' Lancaster ' LA2 9RA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 March 2002
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 March 2002
- Site notice start
- 1 March 2002
- Site notice end
- 22 March 2002
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201926 Apr
Application to discharge condition no. 3 (landscaping details) of planning permission referenced…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2019/20380/CND - 20174 Sep
Full planning application for (1) proposed new detached garage (2) proposed new parking and turning area (3)…
ApprovedFull Application2017/18486/FUL - 20025 Aug
Conversion of agricultural barn to employment workspace with ancillary living accommodation
RefusedFull Application08/2002/2394
Source: Craven
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