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Former Nat West Bank Station Road Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LF

CRA08/2016/16812Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 June 2016

Council decision: Approve

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and extension of former Natwest Bank to form 2 residential properties and associated external works

Received
10 May 2016
Public comments
2
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
Agent
PETER DICKINSON ARCHITECTS
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated10 May
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Former Nat West Bank Station Road Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LF. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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
10 May 2016
Consultation expiry
10 June 2016
Consultation start
13 May 2016
Consultation end
3 June 2016
Target decision date
5 July 2016
Permission expires
21 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
PETER DICKINSON ARCHITECTS
Architect profile
PETER DICKINSON ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
169 APPLEY LANE NORTH APPLEY BRIDGE WIGAN GREATER MANCHESTER WN6 9DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 May 2016
Site notice end
10 June 2016

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

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

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    15 Aug

    Application to approve detail reserved by condition 4 (sound insulation) of planning approval referenced…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCRAZA25/27259/CND
  2. 2025
    14 Jul

    Approval of details secured by condition no 2 (Foul and Surface Water) of approved planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCRAZA25/27173/CND
  3. 2025
    23 Apr

    Section 73 application to vary condition no 1 (Approved Plans) of reserved matters application 2020/22150/REM

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)CRAZA25/26942/REMVAR
  4. 2020
    19 Oct

    Seek to provide information to satisfy the following reserved matters reserved in outline consent referenced…

    ApprovedReserved mattersCRA2020/22150/REM
  5. 2020
    18 Mar

    Conversion and extension of former NatWest Bank to form 2 residential properties and associated external…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA2020/21514/FUL
  6. 2020
    23 Jan

    I write in reference to the above planning application (08/2016/16812

    Observations madeDuty Officer EnquiryCRA2020/04767/DUTY

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