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Former School Church Street Boston Spa Wetherby LS23 6DW

22/02542/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 20 July 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 51 dwelling retirement living accommodation (C3 planning use class) with vehicular access, communal facilities, landscaping, amenity space and car parking provision

Received
29 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wetherby
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 82 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former School Church Street Boston Spa Wetherby LS23 6DW. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 5 weeks longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 300 applications across Wetherby. We hold 859 applications in total for the LS23 postcode area.

81% of full applications at Leeds City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LS23 6DW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
51
Parish
Boston Spa Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2022
Consultation expiry
13 May 2022
Consultation start
1 June 2022
Last date for comments
22 June 2022
Target decision date
29 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Aspen House Wykeham Road Northminster Business Park Upper Poppleton York YO26 6EW

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 May 2022
Site notice start
23 May 2022

Additional information

Documents
118

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Boston Spa
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO2023_052Part of the site · +8 more
  • Brownfield land register: St Vincents School, 27 Church Street, Boston SpaRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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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