Betley Court Main Road Betley Crewe Cheshire CW3 9BH

21/01064/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 22 April 2022

Council decision: PermitPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Retention of change of use of visitor hub for classes, meetings and small gatherings in addition to its use in association with the permitted opening of gardens as a visitor attraction (18/00943/FUL)

Received: 4 January 2022
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 12
Council: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Ward: Madeley & Betley

ReceivedReceived4 Jan
ValidatedValidated4 Jan
Consult.Consultation26 Jan
TargetTarget Date1 Mar
DecidedDecided22 Apr

Decided in 108 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Betley Court Main Road Betley Crewe Cheshire CW3 9BH. Newcastle under Lyme has handled 857 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 7 weeks longer than Newcastle under Lyme's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 32 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Madeley & Betley. We hold 1,021 applications in total for the CW3 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: CW3 9BH
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Betley Balterley Wrinehill

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 January 2022
Consultation expiry: 4 February 2022
Consultation start: 5 January 2022
Consultation end: 26 January 2022
Target decision date: 1 March 2022
Committee meeting: 29 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 January 2022
Advertisement expiry: 4 February 2022
Site notice end: 28 January 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-10394197
Documents: 30
Constraints: 26

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Betley
Listed building: Grade II*: Betley Court, dovecote, and forecourt walls and gatesOn this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Betley
Tree Preservation Order: T7-24\TPO0024Part of the site · +16 more
Green belt: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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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Source: Newcastle under Lyme

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