Riverside Caravan Park Wenning Avenue High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7FJ
Approved on 14 March 2017
Council decision: Approve
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Proposal
Change of use of land to accommodate 16 additional static caravans
- Received
- 8 December 2016
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Bentham
- ReceivedReceived8 Dec
- ValidatedValidated8 Dec
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided14 Mar
Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Riverside Caravan Park Wenning Avenue High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7FJ. Craven has handled 265 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer 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.
100% of amendment 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 7FJ
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- NCA
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 December 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 30 January 2017
- Consultation start
- 5 January 2016
- Consultation end
- 30 January 2017
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2017
- Permission expires
- 14 March 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Paddock House 10 Middle Street South ' ' Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 6PT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 January 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 January 2017
- Site notice start
- 23 December 2016
- Site notice end
- 13 January 2017
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05142981
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Craven
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