Gill Head Farm Robin Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AQ
Refused on 28 July 2015
Council decision: PN Refuse and Application Required
Proposal
Proposed change of use of 2 no agricultural buildings to 3 no. dwellinghouses (Prior Approval)
- Received
- 9 June 2015
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Bentham
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated9 Jun
- Consult.Consultation17 Jul
- TargetTarget Date4 Aug
- DecidedDecided28 Jul
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Gill Head Farm Robin Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AQ. Craven has handled 504 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Craven's typical decision time. 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.
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 7AQ
- Application type
- Prior Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- NCA
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 June 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 17 July 2015
- Consultation start
- 26 June 2015
- Consultation end
- 17 July 2015
- Target decision date
- 4 August 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- CHINA STREET ' ' ' LANCASTER ' LA1 1EX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 26 June 2015
- Site notice end
- 17 July 2015
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201921 Feb
Conversion of the existing stone farm buildings to create one dwelling
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA2019/20228/FUL - 201921 Feb
Subdivision of existing dwelling into 2 no. dwellings including extension, internal alterations and new garage
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA2019/20227/FUL - 201517 Sep
Proposed barn conversion to a three bedroom dwelling with associated curtilage
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA08/2015/16210
Source: Craven
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