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Bennetts Place High Street Market Harborough Leicestershire

16/01294/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 October 2016

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of part of first floor from B1 office to include A1 retail use

Received
10 August 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market Harborough - Logan
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Sep
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bennetts Place High Street Market Harborough Leicestershire. Harborough has handled 1,830 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in the Market Harborough conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

91% of full applications at Harborough District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Market Harborough

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2016
Consultation expiry
27 September 2016
Consultation start
22 August 2016
Consultation end
14 September 2016
Neighbour consultation start
22 August 2016
Neighbour consultation end
12 September 2016
Target decision date
10 October 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 September 2016
Advertisement expiry
22 September 2016
Site notice start
6 September 2016
Site notice end
27 September 2016

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Market Harborough
  • Listed building: Grade II: The RetreatOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2005
    24 Aug

    Change of use from residential to office (B1) and retail (A1)

    RefusedFull Application05/01318/FUL

Source: Harborough

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