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Grovehill House 23 Station Road High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LH

CRA08/2005/5758Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 31 October 2005

Council decision: Approve

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Proposal

Flat roof and cast iron valley gutter lining to be changed from bituminous pitch to lead, and 3 perspex sheet roof lights to be changed to conservation style rooflight.

Received
22 September 2005
Public comments
1
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Grovehill House 23 Station Road High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LH. Craven has handled 434 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the LA2 postcode area.

91% of heritage 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 7LH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
District
NCA

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2005
Consultation expiry
28 October 2005
Consultation start
27 September 2005
Consultation end
28 October 2005
Target decision date
17 November 2005
Permission expires
31 October 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 October 2005
Advertisement expiry
28 October 2005
Site notice start
7 October 2005
Site notice end
28 October 2005

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Masonic HallOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: AuctionMartandlandsouthofMountPleasantRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    5 Jun

    Repairs to existing timber conservatory

    ApprovedListed building consentCRAZA23/25081/LBC

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