1 Thorns Cottages Wenning Bridge Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LU
Approved on 17 July 2009
Council decision: Approve
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Proposal
Construction of hardstanding off road parking area providing driveway and pedestrian access to the rear of property
- Received
- 2 June 2009
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Bentham
- ReceivedReceived2 Jun
- ValidatedValidated9 Jun
- Consult.Consultation1 Jul
- TargetTarget Date4 Aug
- DecidedDecided17 Jul
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 1 Thorns Cottages Wenning Bridge Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LU. 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. There have been 2 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 7LU
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- NCA
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 June 2009
- Consultation expiry
- 10 July 2009
- Consultation start
- 10 June 2009
- Consultation end
- 1 July 2009
- Target decision date
- 4 August 2009
- Permission expires
- 17 July 2012
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 June 2009
- Site notice end
- 10 July 2009
Additional information
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201522 Jan
Discharge of conditions 6 & 7 to previous application 08/2014/15179
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCRA08/2015/15394 - 201429 Oct
Change Of Use Of Land To Domestic Garden And Erection Of Detached Garage
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA08/2014/15179 - 201415 Jan
Continue the use for construction of hardstanding off road parking area providing driveway and pedestrian…
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA08/2014/14231 - 200816 Dec
Creation of hardstanding parking area and barn for storage.
RefusedFull ApplicationCRA08/2008/9301 - 200811 Nov
Construction of Barn and Parking Area
ApprovedApplicationCRA08/2008/9192
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