The Auction Mart 3 Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HF
Approved on 23 July 2021
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Extension of culverted stream and filling ground level to form an extension to the existing car park. Landscaping with native species trees and hedgerow.
- Received
- 17 March 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Bentham
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation26 May
- TargetTarget Date19 Jul
- DecidedDecided23 Jul
Decided in 128 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at The Auction Mart 3 Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HF. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 10 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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 7HF
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Bentham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 26 May 2021
- Consultation start
- 5 May 2021
- Consultation end
- 26 May 2021
- Last date for comments
- 26 May 2021
- Target decision date
- 19 July 2021
- Permission expires
- 23 July 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 78A Main Street Warton Carnforth LA5 9PG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 124 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 23 April 2021
- Site notice end
- 14 May 2021
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09467527
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202530 Jan
Application to discharge condition no. 3 (Sustainable Urban Drainage System) on ref: ZA24/26304/FULMAJ
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCRAZA25/26691/CND - 20241 Oct
Construction of open-sided building for sheep pens with stepped floor (part retrospective)
ApprovedFull Application MajorCRAZA24/26304/FULMAJ - 202212 May
To construct a steel frame building to cover an existing manure store and wagon wash area. To install an…
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA2022/23914/FUL
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