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The Empress 10 Church Square Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 4SP

HGT11/01165/LBListed Building consentApproved

Approved on 16 May 2011

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Listed building application for external alterations including flue, replacement main entrance doors, lights and lanterns and various internal alterations to include new inner lobby door and the re-opening of chimney breast.

Received
22 March 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
Harrogate
Ward
High Harrogate
Agent
ABA Architecture
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.11 May
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Empress 10 Church Square Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 4SP. Harrogate has handled 764 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Harrogate conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 3,223 applications in total for the HG1 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
HG1 4SP
Application type
Listed Building consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2011
Consultation expiry
11 May 2011
Consultation start
20 April 2011
Consultation end
11 May 2011
Target decision date
24 May 2011
Committee meeting
7 June 2011
Permission expires
16 May 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
ABA Architecture
Agent address
Mr Aidan Linskill Studio 5 Globe Works Penistone Road Sheffield South Yorkshire (Met County) S6 3AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 April 2011
Advertisement expiry
6 May 2011
Site notice start
15 April 2011
Site notice end
6 May 2011

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harrogate
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Empress HotelOn this site · +2 more
  • 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 (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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Associated applications

  1. 2011
    23 Mar

    Installation of flue, 2 no. brass swan neck lanterns (replacing existing of globe lanterns) and 5 no.70W High…

    ApprovedFull permissionFiled alongsideHGT11/01188/FUL
  2. 2011
    22 Mar

    Listed building application for external alterations including flue, replacement main entrance doors, lights…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentHGT11/01165/LB

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2011
    27 Apr

    Display of 1 externally illuminated fascia sign.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentHGT11/01683/ADV

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