The Sidings Low Bentham Lancaster LA2 7BH Data via plota.co.uk

26/04645/PIP - Permission in Principle Approved

Proposal

Permission in Principle for residential housing of up to 2 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Aug 2026
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Validated
6 Aug 2026
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Consultation
20 Aug 2026
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Approved
24 Sept 2026

Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Chief Planner · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Low Bentham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Craven
Application type
Permission in Principle
Postcode
LA2 7BH
Received
4 Aug 2026
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Ward
Bentham & Ingleton
Parish
Bentham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Sept 2026
Decision
PIP Application Permitted
Decision date
24 Sept 2026
Decision level
Chief Planner
Applicant
Show
Agent
Erica Wright Architecture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 4 days faster than Craven's median of 53 for new homes. Approved, as 78% of new homes here are.

63%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
17%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Craven in the last twelve months, from validation. Craven decision record →

Public comments

106comments received
105 objecting1 supporting

99% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15116820
Planning Portal ref
PP-15116820
Consultation
20 Aug 2026
Comments by
13 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
28 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

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