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Toobys Ltd 21 Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HQ

CRA2018/20005/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 April 2019

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of existing building from A1 retail use to A5 take away food outlet

Received
7 December 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated7 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 137 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Toobys Ltd 21 Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HQ. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 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 7HQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bentham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 December 2018
Consultation expiry
7 March 2019
Consultation start
21 February 2019
Consultation end
7 March 2019
Neighbour consultation start
21 February 2019
Neighbour consultation end
7 March 2019
Last date for comments
7 March 2019
Target decision date
19 April 2019
Permission expires
23 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7 Wellington Street Skipton BD23 2DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
133 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07474659
Documents
29
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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