Royal Hotel Main Street Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 2RN

16/00356/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 29 June 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Listed building application for the demolition of existing single storey rear extensions and erection of a single storey rear extension, alterations to external doors and windows on the front elevation, insertion of new window openings on the side (south) and rear elevations, insertion of new and relocated partition walls, alterations to internal structural walls and openings, removal of 3 existing staircases and installation of 3 new staircases, construction of a detached bin store and replacement garden wall with steel balustrades

Received: 15 March 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Lancaster City Council
Ward: Heysham Central Ward 2015
Agent: John Dixon & Associates Limited

ReceivedReceived15 Mar
ValidatedValidated26 Apr
Consult.Consultation21 May
TargetTarget Date16 Jun
DecidedDecided29 Jun

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Royal Hotel Main Street Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 2RN. Lancaster has handled 225 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 8 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Heysham conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 618 applications in total for the LA3 postcode area.

90% of heritage applications at Lancaster City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: LA3 2RN
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Heysham Neighbourhood Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 April 2016
Consultation expiry: 1 June 2016
Consultation start: 29 April 2016
Consultation end: 21 May 2016
Last date for comments: 1 June 2016
Target decision date: 16 June 2016
Permission expires: 29 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: John Dixon & Associates Limited
Agent address: Hollinwood Business Centre Albert Street Oldham Lancashire OL8 3QL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 51 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 April 2016
Advertisement expiry: 20 May 2016
Site notice start: 11 May 2016
Site notice end: 1 June 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04890533
Documents: 27
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Heysham
Listed building: Grade II: The Royal Hotel Including Adjoining OutbuildingsOn this site · +3 more
Article 4 direction: HeyshamPart of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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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