17 Station Road High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LH
Approved on 29 August 2025
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Full planning permission for the refurbishment and part re-construction of ground floor bakery and change of use to first floor, from Liberal Club to two domestic apartments. Construction of external fire escape stairwell. Ground floor bakery with Liberal Club at first floor. Installation of roof-mounted solar panels to front and rear elevations.
- Received
- 21 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Bentham & Ingleton
- ReceivedReceived21 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation15 Aug
- TargetTarget Date8 Sep
- DecidedDecided29 Aug
Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 17 Station Road High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7LH. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker 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. 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 7LH
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bentham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 25 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 15 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 21 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 8 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 29 August 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 10 Paddock House Middle Street South Driffield YO25 6PT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 31 July 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 August 2025
- Site notice start
- 24 July 2025
- Site notice end
- 14 August 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
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.
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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Source: Craven
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