Methodist Church Sleights Lane Rainton North Yorkshire YO7 3PP
Approved on 15 August 2016
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of church and schoolroom into 2 dwellings including demolition of existing vestry to provide car parking (site area 0.05ha).
- Received
- 24 February 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 11
- Council
- Harrogate
- Ward
- Wathvale
- ReceivedReceived24 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Mar
- Consult.Consultation4 Aug
- TargetTarget Date15 Aug
- DecidedDecided15 Aug
Decided in 166 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Methodist Church Sleights Lane Rainton North Yorkshire YO7 3PP. Harrogate has handled 5,591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 173 days, 18 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 918 applications in total for the YO7 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
- YO7 3PP
- Application type
- Full permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Rainton With Newby PC
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 March 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 4 August 2016
- Consultation start
- 14 July 2016
- Consultation end
- 4 August 2016
- Target decision date
- 15 August 2016
- Committee meeting
- 1 September 2016
- Permission expires
- 15 August 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ian woodcock
- Agent address
- Salutation Cottage Little Fencote Northallerton North Yorks DL7 9LR United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 166 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 18 March 2016
- Site notice end
- 8 April 2016
Additional information
- Documents
- 27
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202116 Apr
Change of use of land from waste ground to garden/driveway and erection of a garage/home office.
ApprovedFull permissionHGT21/01669/FUL - 202110 Mar
Construction of Garage/Home Office.
WithdrawnFull permissionHGT21/00987/FUL - 20172 Aug
Conversion of Chapel, attached Vestry and associated School Room to form 1 dwelling to include installation…
ApprovedFull permissionHGT17/03459/FUL - 200920 Oct
Conversion of school room to form dwelling (Site Area 0.032ha).
ApprovedFull permissionHGT09/04313/FUL
Source: Harrogate
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