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The Wenning Mewith Lane Low Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LS

CRA08/2016/16641Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 May 2016

Council decision: Approve

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed menage for domestic equestrian use, new field entrance and fence to southern site boundary to enclose public footpath

Received
17 March 2016
Public comments
4
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.13 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Wenning Mewith Lane Low Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LS. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 7LS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
NCA

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2016
Consultation expiry
28 April 2016
Consultation start
23 March 2016
Consultation end
13 April 2016
Target decision date
12 May 2016
Permission expires
6 May 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
29 CASTLE HILL LANCASTER LA1 1YN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 April 2016
Advertisement expiry
28 April 2016
Site notice start
1 April 2016
Site notice end
22 April 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04802947
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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.

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    21 Apr

    Conversion of existing attached barn into a residential dwelling.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA08/2017/17904

Source: Craven

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