Gill Head Farm Robin Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AQ
Approved on 15 January 2016
Council decision: Approve
Proposal
Proposed barn conversion to a three bedroom dwelling with associated curtilage
- Received
- 17 September 2015
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Bentham
- Agent
- JMP Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived17 Sep
- ValidatedValidated17 Sep
- Consult.Consultation19 Oct
- TargetTarget Date12 Nov
- DecidedDecided15 Jan
Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Gill Head Farm Robin Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AQ. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer 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.
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 7AQ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- NCA
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 September 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 23 October 2015
- Consultation start
- 28 September 2015
- Consultation end
- 19 October 2015
- Target decision date
- 12 November 2015
- Permission expires
- 15 January 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- JMP Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- JMP ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- China Street Lancaster LA1 1EX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 2 October 2015
- Site notice end
- 23 October 2015
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
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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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 - 20159 Jun
Proposed change of use of 2 no agricultural buildings to 3 no. dwellinghouses (Prior Approval)
RefusedPrior NotificationCRA08/2015/15887
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