The Devonshire Health Spa Huffa Lane Bolton Abbey Skipton BD23 6AJ
Approved on 7 February 2024
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Reconfiguration and extension of existing spa facility including new bath house, swimming pond, tea hut, landscaping, bridge crossing, reconfiguration of existing car park and associated works at the Devonshire Arms Hotel & Spa, Bolton Abbey Estate.
- Received
- 8 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Wharfedale
- ReceivedReceived8 Nov
- ValidatedValidated8 Nov
- Consult.Consultation1 Feb
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided7 Feb
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at The Devonshire Health Spa Huffa Lane Bolton Abbey Skipton BD23 6AJ. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 6AJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Draughton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 1 February 2024
- Consultation start
- 18 January 2024
- Consultation end
- 1 February 2024
- Last date for comments
- 1 February 2024
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2024
- Permission expires
- 7 February 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 15 St Paul's Street Leeds West Yorkshire LS1 2JG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 86 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 13 November 2023
- Site notice end
- 4 December 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12283476
- Documents
- 66
- Constraints
- 27
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20133 Oct
Revised description: Change of use from residential use to treatment room use with internal alterations…
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA09/2013/13957 - 201313 Sep
full planning permission for link, rear extension and internal alterations
WithdrawnFull PlanningC/09/631 - 200618 Apr
Extension of temporary planning permission relating to temporary change of use from residential to office.
ApprovedTemporary Consent ApplicationCRA24/2006/6315 - 200420 Jul
Temporary Change of Use from Residential to Office (2 years)
ApprovedAmendmentCRA24/2004/4547
Source: Craven
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