Greenfingers Allotment Smithy Lane Heysham Lancashire

18/01216/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 13 November 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Proposal

Part retrospective application for the retention of a metal storage container, retention of hardstanding and erection of a polytunnel

Received: 18 September 2018
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Lancaster City Council
Ward: Heysham South Ward

ReceivedReceived18 Sep
ValidatedValidated26 Sep
Consult.Consultation19 Oct
TargetTarget Date16 Nov
DecidedDecided13 Nov

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Greenfingers Allotment Smithy Lane Heysham Lancashire. Lancaster has handled 428 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Heysham South Ward.

85% of full 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

Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Heysham Neighbourhood Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 September 2018
Consultation expiry: 24 October 2018
Consultation start: 27 September 2018
Consultation end: 19 October 2018
Last date for comments: 24 October 2018
Target decision date: 16 November 2018
Committee meeting: 12 November 2018
Permission expires: 13 November 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 51 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 2 October 2018
Site notice end: 24 October 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07285044
Comments: 0
Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Lancaster

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