Skipton Girls High School Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QL
Approved on 25 September 2012
Council decision: Conservation Area Approval
Proposal
Demolition of 2 no. chimneys and a small stone built extension to the rear of the School House building.
- Received
- 4 May 2012
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Skipton North
- Agent
- Bowman Riley Architects
- ReceivedReceived4 May
- ValidatedValidated15 May
- Consult.Consultation1 Jun
- TargetTarget Date10 Jul
- DecidedDecided25 Sep
Decided in 133 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for demolition at Skipton Girls High School Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QL. Craven has handled 434 applications of this type. This one was decided in 144 days, 13 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 5,308 applications in total for the BD23 postcode area.
91% of heritage 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
- BD23 1QL
- Application type
- Conservation Area Works
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Skipton
- District
- Skipton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 May 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 22 June 2012
- Consultation start
- 11 May 2012
- Consultation end
- 1 June 2012
- Target decision date
- 10 July 2012
- Permission expires
- 25 September 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bowman Riley Architects
- Architect profile
- BOWMAN RILEY ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Wellington House Otley Street Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1EL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 31 May 2012
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 June 2012
- Site notice start
- 1 June 2012
- Site notice end
- 22 June 2012
Additional information
- Documents
- 1
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (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.
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Associated applications
- 20124 May
Refurbishment of existing School House and Technology Buildings, including a courtyard infill extension to…
ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongsideCRA63/2012/12611 - 20124 May
Demolition of 2 no. chimneys and a small stone built extension to the rear of the School House building.
This applicationApprovedHeritageCRA63/2012/12612
Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201619 May
Construction of new secure front entrance lobby
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA63/2016/16974 - 201417 Nov
Proposed installation of new solar photovoltaic system to existing roofs, combined with the installation of a…
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA63/2014/15232 - 201416 Oct
Remove 6 No Trees 5 No Sycamore (T1, T2, T3, T4 & T6) & 1 No Apple (T5)
ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaCRA63/2014/15149 - 201418 Feb
Construction of two storey extension to provide additional classrooms.
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA63/2014/14350 - 201315 Jan
Proposed Three Storey Teaching Block
WithdrawnApplicationCRA63/2013/13249
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