Post Box Barn Kirkby Lonsdale Road Newton Lancashire
Refused on 9 August 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval for the change of use of agricultural building to a dwelling (C3)
- Received
- 14 June 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- Ward
- Upper Lune Valley Ward
- Agent
- Steven Abbott Associates LLP
- ReceivedReceived14 Jun
- ValidatedValidated14 Jun
- Consult.Consultation10 Jul
- TargetTarget Date1 Aug
- DecidedDecided9 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Post Box Barn Kirkby Lonsdale Road Newton Lancashire. Lancaster has handled 439 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 44 applications across Upper Lune Valley Ward.
81% of outline 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
- Prior Approval - Agriculture
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 22 July 2024
- Consultation start
- 26 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 10 July 2024
- Last date for comments
- 22 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 1 August 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Steven Abbott Associates LLP
- Agent address
- Balmoral House Ackhurst Business Park Foxglove Road Chorley PR7 1NY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 48 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 1 July 2024
- Site notice end
- 22 July 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13148485
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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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