17 Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HQ
Approved on 29 July 2022
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of part of retail area to residential.
- Received
- 26 April 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Bentham
- ReceivedReceived26 Apr
- ValidatedValidated26 Apr
- Consult.Consultation1 Jun
- TargetTarget Date22 Jul
- DecidedDecided29 Jul
Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 17 Main Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HQ. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. 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.
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 7HQ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Bentham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 April 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 3 June 2022
- Consultation start
- 11 May 2022
- Consultation end
- 1 June 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 May 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 June 2022
- Last date for comments
- 3 June 2022
- Target decision date
- 22 July 2022
- Permission expires
- 29 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Fold Selside Settle North Yorkshire BD24 0HZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 87 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11196515
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: 15A, 15B and 15C, Main Street and Kings Arms, King StreetOn 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Craven
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