Ravenswood High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7EX
Approved on 20 February 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions
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Proposal
Full planning permission for the demolition of a 7-bedroom dwelling and construction of a 4-bedroom dwelling
- Received
- 6 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Bentham & Ingleton
- ReceivedReceived6 Oct
- ValidatedValidated23 Oct
- Consult.Consultation19 Nov
- TargetTarget Date20 Feb
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Ravenswood High Bentham Lancaster LA2 7EX. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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 7EX
- Application type
- Full permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Bentham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 19 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 20 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 20 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Rural Futures 1 Low Park Wood Cottages Sedgwick Kendal LA8 0JZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 120 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 30 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 20 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14362228
- Documents
- 35
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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