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Bentham Golf Course Robin Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AG

CRAZA23/25516/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2024

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land for the siting of high quality camping pods (5 in total). Construction of road and parking.

Received
19 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Craven
Ward
Bentham & Ingleton
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bentham Golf Course Robin Lane High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7AG. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Bentham & Ingleton. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the LA2 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
LA2 7AG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bentham

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2023
Consultation expiry
24 January 2024
Consultation start
21 December 2023
Consultation end
11 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
21 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 January 2024
Last date for comments
26 January 2024
Target decision date
13 March 2024
Permission expires
20 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Middle Street South Driffield YO25 6PT

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 January 2024
Site notice end
24 January 2024

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
18

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
  • Brownfield land register: GolfClubcarparkandclubhouse,RobinLaneRegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    20 Dec

    Change of use of land for the installation of ground mounted solar PV arrays.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongsideCRAZA23/25514/FUL
  2. 2023
    19 Dec

    Change of use of land for the siting of high quality camping pods (5 in total). Construction of road and…

    This applicationApprovedFullCRAZA23/25516/FUL

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