Lambda Cottage Wick Hill Finchampstead Wokingham RG403SR

072140AmendmentApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 2 January 2008

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use for the for the retention of a dwelling house known as Lambda Cottage

Received: 15 November 2007
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wokingham Borough Council
Ward: Finchampstead South

ReceivedReceived15 Nov
ValidatedValidated15 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided2 Jan

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Lambda Cottage Wick Hill Finchampstead Wokingham RG403SR. Wokingham has handled 725 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Wokingham'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 6 applications across Finchampstead South. We hold 2,031 applications in total for the RG40 postcode area.

85% of amendment applications at Wokingham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: RG40 3SR
Application type: Amendment
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Finchampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 November 2007
Application expires: 14 February 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 110 London Street Reading Berks RG1 4SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Appeal

Appeal result: N

Additional information

Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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2 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Wokingham

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