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25 Alma Square Scarborough NORTH YORKSHIRE YO11 1JR

SCA17/00298/FLFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 4 September 2017

Council decision: Application Permitted (with conditions)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of offices (A2) to form 4 no. self-contained flats with installation of dormer window to front and staircase to rear

Received
8 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
Scarborough
Ward
Castle
Agent
Martin Elwick Architecture & Design
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 25 Alma Square Scarborough NORTH YORKSHIRE YO11 1JR. Scarborough has handled 2,257 applications of this type. This one was decided in 208 days, 17 weeks longer than Scarborough's typical decision time. The site is in the Scarborough conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,401 applications in total for the YO11 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Scarborough were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 13 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
YO11 1JR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Scarborough

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2017
Last date for comments
24 August 2017
Target decision date
5 September 2017
Permission expires
1 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Martin Elwick Architecture & Design
Agent address
134 Stepney Road Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 5NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Scarborough
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Scarborough
  • Brownfield land register: 23 Alma Square, ScarboroughRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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