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Richard Thornton Lodge A687 Burton In Lonsdale LA6 3JZ

CRA2019/20873/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 February 2020

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part demolition of school classrooms; change of use of school building to a residential care and educational facility; alterations to access.

Received
4 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Richard Thornton Lodge A687 Burton In Lonsdale LA6 3JZ. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,141 applications in total for the LA6 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
LA6 3JZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Burton-in-Lonsdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2019
Consultation expiry
13 December 2019
Consultation start
8 November 2019
Consultation end
29 November 2019
Neighbour consultation start
8 November 2019
Neighbour consultation end
29 November 2019
Last date for comments
13 December 2019
Target decision date
7 February 2020
Permission expires
14 February 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
95 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 November 2019
Advertisement expiry
5 December 2019
Site notice start
22 November 2019
Site notice end
13 December 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07940745
Documents
25
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    4 Nov

    Part demolition of school classrooms; change of use of school building to a residential care and educational…

    This applicationApprovedFullCRA2019/20873/FUL
  2. 2019
    4 Nov

    Part demolition of school classrooms; change of use of school building to a residential care and educational…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideCRA2019/20874/LBC

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