Bentham North Platform Station Building Station Road Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LF

CRA08/2006/6760Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 17 November 2006

Council decision: Approve

Proposal

Change of use of existing station building to form community transport office and community facility.

Received: 3 October 2006
Public comments: 3
Council: Craven
Ward: Bentham

ReceivedReceived3 Oct
ValidatedValidated4 Oct
Consult.Consultation26 Oct
TargetTarget Date29 Nov
DecidedDecided17 Nov

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bentham North Platform Station Building Station Road Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LF. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days 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.

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 7LF
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
District: NCA

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 October 2006
Consultation expiry: 10 November 2006
Consultation start: 5 October 2006
Consultation end: 26 October 2006
Target decision date: 29 November 2006
Permission expires: 17 November 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Stone Steps Wennington Lancaster LA2 8NW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 20 October 2006
Site notice end: 10 November 2006

Additional information

Documents: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (22)

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, National Landscapes, 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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Source: Craven

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