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First Floor Central Buildings Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HE

CRA2021/23315/OTHERSPrior Approval OthersWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 5 November 2021

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval notification for change of use of the first floor workshop (previously Pennine Outdoors Ltd) to form bedsit studio and 2 bed apartment.

Received
22 September 2021
Public comments
3
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at First Floor Central Buildings Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HE. Craven has handled 504 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 44 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,348 applications in total for the LA2 postcode area.

78% of outline 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 7HE
Application type
Prior Approval Others
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bentham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2021
Consultation expiry
16 November 2021
Consultation start
26 October 2021
Consultation end
16 November 2021
Neighbour consultation start
28 September 2021
Neighbour consultation end
19 October 2021
Last date for comments
16 November 2021
Target decision date
9 November 2021
Permission expires
5 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Market Square Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
48 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 September 2021
Site notice end
16 October 2021

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Coach HouseOn or next to 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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Source: Craven

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