55-56 West Street Lilley Luton LU2 8LH

10/03082/1LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 22 March 2011

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Extension of curtilage listed front boundary wall and new gates and piers to enable modification of existing vehicular access

Received: 20 December 2010
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Hitchwood Offa And Hoo Ward
Agent: Wastell & Porter Architects

ReceivedReceived20 Dec
ValidatedValidated25 Jan
Consult.Consultation21 Feb
TargetTarget Date22 Mar
DecidedDecided22 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at 55-56 West Street Lilley Luton LU2 8LH. North Hertfordshire has handled 345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Lilley conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 966 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

93% of heritage applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: LU2 8LH
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lilley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 January 2011
Consultation expiry: 21 February 2011
Consultation end: 21 February 2011
Last date for comments: 4 March 2011
Target decision date: 22 March 2011
Permission expires: 21 March 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Wastell & Porter Architects
Agent address: Suite 5, Bancroft House 34 Bancroft Hitchin Herts SG5 1LA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Lilley
Listed building: Grade II: 55, West StreetOn this site
Green belt: North Hertfordshire
National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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, 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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Associated applications

2010
20 Dec
Extension of front boundary wall and new gates and piers to enable modification of existing vehicular access…
ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongside10/03081/1HH
2010
20 Dec
Extension of curtilage listed front boundary wall and new gates and piers to enable modification of existing…
This applicationConditional ConsentHeritage10/03082/1LB

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Source: North Hertfordshire

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