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Land Off Springfield High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LA

CRA2018/18982/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 May 2018

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application (Including means of Access) with all matters reserved for the proposed development of 4 No domestic dwellings

Received
21 February 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
7
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Off Springfield High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LA. Craven has handled 504 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the LA2 postcode area.

78% of outline 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 7LA
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bentham

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2018
Consultation expiry
15 May 2018
Consultation start
24 April 2018
Consultation end
15 May 2018
Neighbour consultation start
30 April 2018
Neighbour consultation end
15 March 2018
Last date for comments
23 March 2018
Target decision date
11 April 2018
Committee meeting
8 May 2018
Permission expires
16 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ribble Court 1 Mead Way Shuttleworth Mead Business Park Padihan Burnley BB12 7NG

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 March 2018
Advertisement expiry
22 March 2018
Site notice start
2 March 2018
Site notice end
23 March 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06721222
Documents
23
Constraints
7

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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