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Land East Of Butts Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AE

CRA2022/24482/OUTOutline applicationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for residential development up to 29 dwellings with all matters reserved except for access

Received
6 October 2022
Decision due
31 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
80
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham & Ingleton
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 May.

About this application

This is an outline application at Land East Of Butts Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AE. Craven has handled 504 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 October 2022 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Bentham & Ingleton. We hold 1,349 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 7AE
Application type
Outline application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
29
Parish
Bentham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2023
Consultation expiry
20 May 2026
Consultation start
29 April 2026
Consultation end
20 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
27 March 2024
Last date for comments
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Paddock House 10 Middle Street South Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 6PT

Planning decision

Statutory period
1329 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
7 January 2024
Site notice start
6 December 2023
Site notice end
29 December 2023

Additional information

Documents
139
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: Craven

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