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Pyes Mill Station Road High Bentham Lancaster

CRA2019/20107/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 November 2019

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of existing commercial workshop and stores to form 5 no. live/work units and 2. no offices, including partial demolition of existing buildings.

Received
18 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
13
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received18 Jan
  2. Validated18 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 299 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Pyes Mill Station Road High Bentham Lancaster. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 299 days, 35 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bentham

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 January 2019
Consultation expiry
22 February 2019
Consultation start
23 January 2019
Consultation end
13 February 2019
Neighbour consultation start
23 January 2019
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2019
Last date for comments
22 February 2019
Target decision date
8 March 2019
Permission expires
13 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Paddock House 10 Middle Street South Driffield Y025 6PT

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 February 2019
Site notice end
22 February 2019

Additional information

Documents
38
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: WestofStationRoad,southofrailwaystationRegister site at or near this address

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 (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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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