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2 Ashfield Cottages Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HZ

CRA2019/21006/HHHouseholderRefused

Refused on 22 January 2020

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

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Proposal

Retrospective application for retention of rear porch including amendment to roof

Received
24 October 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 2 Ashfield Cottages Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HZ. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 7HZ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bentham

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2019
Consultation expiry
29 November 2019
Consultation start
29 October 2019
Consultation end
19 November 2019
Neighbour consultation start
13 January 2020
Neighbour consultation end
19 November 2019
Last date for comments
29 November 2019
Target decision date
17 January 2020
Committee meeting
21 January 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 November 2019
Site notice end
29 November 2019

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
5

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 (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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