Former High Bentham Community Primary School Robin Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7JY
Approved on 12 February 2018
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Residential development for extra care housing comprising 64 apartments and 8 bungalows including associated parking, landscaping and formation of new access off Robin Lane
- Received
- 10 November 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 15
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Bentham
- ReceivedReceived10 Nov
- ValidatedValidated10 Nov
- Consult.Consultation23 Jan
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Former High Bentham Community Primary School Robin Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7JY. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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 7JY
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 64
- Parish
- Bentham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 November 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 23 January 2018
- Consultation start
- 2 January 2018
- Consultation end
- 23 January 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 November 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 December 2017
- Last date for comments
- 28 December 2017
- Target decision date
- 9 February 2018
- Permission expires
- 12 February 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1 Burdon Way Stokesley Business Park Stokesley Middlesbrough TS9 5PY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 November 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 December 2017
- Site notice start
- 7 December 2017
- Site notice end
- 28 December 2017
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-06480456
- Documents
- 83
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: PrimaryschooleastofRobinLane,westofLowcroftRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Craven
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