Douglas House 2 Orchard Gardens Warburton Lymm WA13 9EP
Approved on 23 December 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to a residential dwelling (C3) under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA.
- Received
- 22 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Bowdon
- Agent
- Bowker Sadler Architecture
- ReceivedReceived22 Oct
- ValidatedValidated31 Oct
- Consult.Consultation18 Dec
- TargetTarget Date26 Dec
- DecidedDecided23 Dec
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Douglas House 2 Orchard Gardens Warburton Lymm WA13 9EP. Trafford has handled 494 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Trafford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Bowdon. We hold 2,744 applications in total for the WA13 postcode area.
81% of outline applications at Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- WA13 9EP
- Application type
- Prior Approval Class MA
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Warburton Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 October 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 18 December 2024
- Consultation start
- 27 November 2024
- Consultation end
- 18 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 18 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 26 December 2024
- Permission expires
- 23 December 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bowker Sadler Architecture
- Architect profile
- BOWKER SADLER PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- Agent address
- Hatherlow House Hatherlow Romiley Stockport SK6 3DY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 6 November 2024
- Site notice end
- 27 November 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13164403
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Trafford
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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1 other application at this property, newest first.
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