Former Brunel Laboratories Building, University Of Plymouth Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA
Approved on 27 June 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval Required & GivenDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval of demolition of Former Brunel Laboratories Building (single storey brick built with ply saw tooth roof).
- Received
- 20 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Plymouth City Council
- Ward
- DRAKE
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation17 Jun
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided27 Jun
Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Former Brunel Laboratories Building, University Of Plymouth Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA. Plymouth has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 7 weeks longer than Plymouth's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across DRAKE. We hold 268 applications in total for the PL4 postcode area.
95% of outline applications at Plymouth City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- PL4 8AA
- Application type
- GPDO PT11
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2024
- Last date for comments
- 17 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 17 April 2024
- Permission expires
- 27 June 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- University of Plymouth
- Agent address
- Capital Development, Estates And Facilities 12 Kirkby Place Plymouth PL4 8AA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 21
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
- Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +14 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, 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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