Old Swan Hotel Swan Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SR
Approved on 17 July 2014
Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Erection of 33 retirement flats with associated landscaping and car parking (Site Area 0.68ha).
- Received
- 21 November 2013
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 50
- Council
- Harrogate
- Ward
- Harlow Moor
- ReceivedReceived21 Nov
- ValidatedValidated10 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 May
- TargetTarget Date11 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Jul
Decided in 188 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Old Swan Hotel Swan Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SR. Harrogate has handled 5,591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 238 days, 27 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. There have been 11 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 2SR
- Application type
- Full application - Major
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Harrogate
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 January 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 2 May 2014
- Consultation start
- 11 April 2014
- Consultation end
- 2 May 2014
- Target decision date
- 11 April 2014
- Committee meeting
- 8 May 2014
- Permission expires
- 17 July 2017
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
- Mr Chris Butt Unit 3 Edwards Court Altrincham Business Park Broadheath Altrincham Cheshire WA14 5GL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 February 2014
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 February 2014
- Site notice start
- 31 January 2014
- Site notice end
- 21 February 2014
Additional information
- Documents
- 109
Site constraints
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 (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
- 201322 Nov
Formation of new car park.
RefusedFull permissionFiled alongsideHGT13/04631/FUL - 201321 Nov
Erection of 33 retirement flats with associated landscaping and car parking (Site Area 0.68ha).
This applicationApprovedFullHGT13/04655/FULMAJ
Planning history at this site
10 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202411 Jul
Crown lift (by 2 metres) 1 no. Cherry (T415) of Tree Preservation Order No. 48/2015
ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGTZC24/02325/TPO - 202411 Jul
Works to trees within the Harrogate Conservation Area 3 no. Sycamore (T401, T402, T469) and 1 no. Cherry…
ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGTZC24/02378/TCON - 202411 Jul
Crown lift (by 2 metres) 1 no. Cherry (T415) of Tree Preservation Order No. 48/2015
ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationZC24/02325/TPO - 201924 Sep
Approval of details required under conditions 6 (Site Investigation Report and Remediation Strategy) and 10…
Confirmation of discharge of conditionsDischarge of conditionsHGT19/04073/DISCON - 201215 Jun
Erection of gazebo.
ApprovedFull permissionHGT12/02387/FUL - 20116 Apr
Remove branches extending over wall of 1 Walnut tree within the Harrogate Conservation Area.
ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT11/01463/TCON - 201015 Mar
Felling of 1 Sycamore tree, crown lift by 4m of 1 Yew tree and removal of limb of 1 Sycamore tree within…
ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT10/01053/TCON - 20107 Jan
Dismantle and removal of 1 Sycamore tree within Harrogate Conservation area.
ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT10/00100/TCON - 200923 Jun
Dismantle and remove 3 Robinias trees, crown clean 4 Sycamores, 1 Oak, 2 Lime, crown lift 1 Chestnut, 1 Thorn…
ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT09/02547/TCON - 200725 Jul
Felling of 1 Sycamore Tree and 1 Red Horse Chestnut Tree within Harrogate Conservation Area.
ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT07/03954/TCON
Source: Harrogate
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