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Skipton Girls' High School Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QL

CRA63/2014/15232Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 January 2015

Council decision: Approve

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed installation of new solar photovoltaic system to existing roofs, combined with the installation of a new Biomass boiler installation to replace existing boiler system

Received
17 November 2014
Public comments
2
Council
Craven
Ward
Skipton North
Agent
LANGTRY-LANGTON ARCHITECTS
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Skipton Girls' High School Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QL. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 5,308 applications in total for the BD23 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
BD23 1QL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Skipton
District
Skipton

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2014
Consultation expiry
25 December 2014
Consultation start
24 November 2014
Consultation end
15 December 2014
Target decision date
12 January 2015
Permission expires
15 January 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
LANGTRY-LANGTON ARCHITECTS
Agent address
8 OAK MOUNT MANNINGHAM BRADFORD WEST YORKSHIRE BD8 7BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 December 2014
Advertisement expiry
25 December 2014
Site notice start
28 November 2014
Site notice end
19 December 2014

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    19 May

    Construction of new secure front entrance lobby

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA63/2016/16974
  2. 2014
    16 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
  3. 2014
    18 Feb

    Construction of two storey extension to provide additional classrooms.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA63/2014/14350
  4. 2013
    15 Jan

    Proposed Three Storey Teaching Block

    WithdrawnApplicationCRA63/2013/13249
  5. 2012
    4 May

    Refurbishment of existing School House and Technology Buildings, including a courtyard infill extension to…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA63/2012/12611
  6. 2012
    4 May

    Demolition of 2 no. chimneys and a small stone built extension to the rear of the School House building.

    ApprovedConservation Area WorksCRA63/2012/12612

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