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Low Buildings Howhill Quarry Road Beckwithshaw HG3 1QH

17/02510/LBListed Building consentApproved

Approved on 4 October 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Listed building consent for conversion of barn and outbuildings to form 1 dwelling with associated carport, garage, garden and access drive, to include removal of existing ground and loft floors and formation of new floors, internal and lining walls, stairways and rafters; alterations to fenestration; various repairs and maintenance works to roofing and stonework; installation of electric, alterations to the approved internal layout, glazed screens are moved to the perimeter, additional conservation style rooflights, proposed central patent glazing at ridge level, conversion of the stone store into a home office, alterations to the open stone store,plumbing and sewage package treatment plant; demolition of associated outbuildings.

Received
5 June 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Washburn
Agent
McNicholas Architects
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Low Buildings Howhill Quarry Road Beckwithshaw HG3 1QH. Harrogate has handled 764 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 10 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 3,250 applications in total for the HG3 postcode area.

78% of heritage applications at Harrogate were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HG3 1QH
Application type
Listed Building consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Beckwithshaw

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2017
Consultation expiry
25 September 2017
Consultation start
4 September 2017
Consultation end
25 September 2017
Target decision date
6 October 2017
Permission expires
4 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
McNicholas Architects
Architect profile
MCNICHOLAS ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Mr John McNicholas 4 Cliffe Road Harrogate HG20PW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
94 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 August 2017
Advertisement expiry
24 August 2017
Site notice start
3 August 2017
Site notice end
24 August 2017

Additional information

Documents
24

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: Low Buildings BarnOn this site
  • Green belt: North Yorkshire

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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