Former St Stephens Roman Catholic Primary School Gargrave Road Skipton BD23 1PJ

CRA2019/20916/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 29 January 2020

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Conversion of former school and presbytery to 7 dwellings, construction of 3 dwellings to the rear, demolition of later extensions and associated operations

Received: 2 September 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 7
Council: Craven
Ward: Skipton North

ReceivedReceived2 Sep
ValidatedValidated2 Sep
Consult.Consultation6 Jan
TargetTarget Date17 Jan
DecidedDecided29 Jan

Decided in 149 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former St Stephens Roman Catholic Primary School Gargrave Road Skipton BD23 1PJ. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 13 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 5,308 applications in total for the BD23 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: BD23 1PJ
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Skipton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 September 2019
Consultation expiry: 6 January 2020
Consultation start: 23 December 2019
Consultation end: 6 January 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 11 September 2019
Neighbour consultation end: 2 October 2019
Last date for comments: 6 January 2020
Target decision date: 17 January 2020
Permission expires: 29 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Floor 3 Calls Landing 36-38 The Calls Leeds LS2 7EW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 137 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 September 2019
Advertisement expiry: 10 October 2019
Site notice start: 13 September 2019
Site notice end: 4 October 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08087407
Documents: 83
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Roman Catholic Primary School and SchoolhouseOn this site
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 (21)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideCRA2019/20917/LBC

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Craven

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