Yorkshire Wildlife Park Brockholes Lane Branton Doncaster DN3 3NH
Approved on 2 July 2018
Council decision: Planning Permission GRANTED (Sec106)Departure
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Proposal
Hybrid Planning Application - Change of use of land to facilitate expansion of Yorkshire Wildlife Park, creation of new access, parking and associated works with outline approval for animal enclosures, visitor hub, service compound, energy centre and connecting bridges.
- Received
- 30 August 2017
- Decision level
- Departure
- Ward
- Finningley
- Agent
- DCH Consulting Ltd
- ReceivedReceived30 Aug
- ValidatedValidated21 Sep
- Consult.Consultation12 Dec
- TargetTarget Date11 Jan
- DecidedDecided2 Jul
Decided in 284 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Yorkshire Wildlife Park Brockholes Lane Branton Doncaster DN3 3NH. Doncaster has handled 1,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 306 days, 37 weeks longer than Doncaster's typical decision time. There have been 49 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Finningley. We hold 1,204 applications in total for the DN3 postcode area.
84% of outline applications at Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DN3 3NH
- Application type
- Outline With Environmental Assessment
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Cantley With Branton Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 September 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 12 December 2017
- Consultation start
- 19 October 2017
- Consultation end
- 12 December 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 December 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 October 2017
- Last date for comments
- 12 December 2017
- Target decision date
- 11 January 2018
- Committee meeting
- 9 January 2018
- Application expires
- 4 January 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DCH Consulting Ltd
- Agent address
- 1 Riverside Close Doncaster DN4 0HW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 112 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 October 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 October 2017
- Site notice start
- 6 October 2017
- Site notice end
- 27 October 2017
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-06210554
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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