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1C King Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HG

CRA2022/24659/OTHERSPrior Approval OthersApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 March 2023

Council decision: Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval notification for change of use from commercial to residential (Class MA)

Received
30 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 1C King Street High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7HG. Craven has handled 504 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7HG
Application type
Prior Approval Others
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bentham

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2023
Consultation expiry
3 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2023
Last date for comments
3 March 2023
Target decision date
19 March 2023
Permission expires
27 March 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
48 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11788490
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2008
    17 Jan

    Change of use of dwelling to office.

    ApprovedChange of UseCRA08/2008/8306

Source: Craven

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