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55-56 West Street Lilley Luton LU2 8LH

16/03140/1LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 1 February 2017

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Removal of internal wall and creation of oak steps between rooms

Received
12 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hitchwood Offa And Hoo Ward
Agent
Wastell & Porter Architects Ltd
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 55-56 West Street Lilley Luton LU2 8LH. North Hertfordshire has handled 345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Lilley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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
12 December 2016
Consultation expiry
26 January 2017
Consultation end
13 January 2017
Neighbour consultation end
26 January 2017
Last date for comments
26 January 2017
Target decision date
6 February 2017
Permission expires
31 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wastell & Porter Architects Ltd
Agent address
Bancroft House 34 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 January 2017
Site notice end
26 January 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05687620
Comments
0
Documents
1

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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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    7 Oct

    Poplar - Reduce by 50%

    ApprovedTrees (Conservation Area)20/02278/TCA
  2. 2019
    26 Jun

    Change of use of part of field and barn to within existing residential curtilage. Alteration to barn…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission19/01426/FP
  3. 2019
    26 Jun

    Repair and ancilliary works to existing barn; internal and external alterations

    PendingListed building consent19/01560/LBC
  4. 2019
    7 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 4: Details and/or samples of materials to be used on all external elevations…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/01369/DOC
  5. 2019
    22 Mar

    Erection of side carport and first floor extension, insertion of rear dormer and velux windows and external…

    ApprovedHouseholder19/00684/FPH
  6. 2018
    14 Sep

    Re-cladding of existing detached garage (as variation of planning permission 18/00353/FPH

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/02467/FPH

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