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

CRA2021/23597/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 February 2022

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of vacant retail/work space (previously Pennine Outdoor Limited) and conversion to form 2 bedroom apartment, including new gable window.

Received
20 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Feb
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at First Floor Central Buildings Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HE. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,348 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 7HE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bentham

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2021
Consultation expiry
1 February 2022
Consultation start
11 January 2022
Consultation end
1 February 2022
Neighbour consultation start
11 January 2022
Neighbour consultation end
1 February 2022
Last date for comments
1 February 2022
Target decision date
11 February 2022
Permission expires
17 February 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10490975
Documents
14
Constraints
8

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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