Highfield Car And Commercial Highfield Farm Boroughbridge Road Ferrensby Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 0PZ
Approved on 14 October 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of part of vehicle storage building (Use Class B8) to MOT testing centre (Use Class B2).
- Received
- 26 June 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Harrogate
- Ward
- Claro
- ReceivedReceived26 Jun
- ValidatedValidated26 Jun
- Consult.Consultation22 Aug
- TargetTarget Date21 Aug
- DecidedDecided14 Oct
Decided in 110 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Highfield Car And Commercial Highfield Farm Boroughbridge Road Ferrensby Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 0PZ. Harrogate has handled 5,591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 9 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 606 applications in total for the HG5 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
- HG5 0PZ
- Application type
- Full permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ferrensby
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 June 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 24 August 2020
- Consultation start
- 29 July 2020
- Consultation end
- 22 August 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 August 2020
- Last date for comments
- 24 August 2020
- Target decision date
- 21 August 2020
- Committee meeting
- 27 October 2020
- Permission expires
- 14 October 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr J Robinson The Old Twine Mill Low Laithe Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 4BU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 31 July 2020
- Site notice end
- 24 August 2020
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202418 Jul
Demolition of redundant overflow aggregate bins. Erection of machinery sheds
ApprovedFull permissionHGTZC24/02417/FUL - 202226 Jan
Approval of details under condition 3, 4, 5,6, 7 (contaminated land) and condition 8 and 9 (materials) of…
Confirmation of discharge of conditionsDischarge of conditionsHGT22/00311/DISCON - 202019 Nov
Erection of replacement dweling
ApprovedFull permissionHGT20/04705/FUL
Source: Harrogate
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