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20 West Park Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 1BJ

HGT09/04760/FULFull permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 January 2010

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from offices (Use Class B1 - Business) to retail at first and second floor level (Use Class A1 - Shops) and alterations to shopfront.

Received
11 November 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Low Harrogate
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20 West Park Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 1BJ. Harrogate has handled 5,591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Harrogate conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 3,223 applications in total for the HG1 postcode area.

90% of full 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
HG1 1BJ
Application type
Full permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2009
Consultation expiry
26 January 2010
Consultation start
5 January 2010
Consultation end
26 January 2010
Target decision date
15 January 2010
Committee meeting
2 February 2010
Permission expires
18 January 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Not Available. If this appears on the Comments tab please see the Documents tab for Letter of Representation not PA.
Agent address
Ferncliff 13 High Bond End Knaresborough HG5 9BT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 December 2009
Advertisement expiry
25 December 2009
Site notice start
4 December 2009
Site notice end
25 December 2009

Additional information

Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harrogate
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2009
    11 Nov

    Change of use from offices (Use Class B1 - Business) to retail at first and second floor level (Use Class A1…

    This applicationApprovedFullHGT09/04760/FUL
  2. 2009
    11 Nov

    Display of 1 non illuminated wall mounted sign to side.

    RefusedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideHGT09/04761/ADV

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2004
    4 May

    Siting of 3no. tree planters on pavement outside the premises.

    ApprovedFull permissionHGT04/02333/FUL

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