55-56 West Street Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LH

19/01426/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 13 December 2019

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of part of field and barn to within existing residential curtilage. Alteration to barn including the addition of windows.

Received: 26 June 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Hitchwood Offa And Hoo Historic
Agent: Hibbs and Walsh Associates Ltd

ReceivedReceived26 Jun
ValidatedValidated3 Sep
Consult.Consultation30 Oct
TargetTarget Date17 Dec
DecidedDecided13 Dec

Decided in 101 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 55-56 West Street Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LH. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 17 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Lilley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 966 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

92% of full 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: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Lilley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 September 2019
Consultation expiry: 30 October 2019
Consultation end: 30 October 2019
Neighbour consultation end: 27 September 2019
Last date for comments: 12 October 2019
Target decision date: 17 December 2019
Permission expires: 13 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent: Hibbs and Walsh Associates Ltd
Agent address: 53 High Street Saffron Walden CB10 1AR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 105 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 12 October 2019
Site notice end: 4 October 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07930646
Documents: 9

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.

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Associated applications

2019
26 Jun
Change of use of part of field and barn to within existing residential curtilage. Alteration to barn…
This applicationApprovedFull19/01426/FP
2019
26 Jun
Repair and ancilliary works to existing barn; internal and external alterations
PendingListed building consentFiled alongside19/01560/LBC

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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