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Application Details
Description: Conversion of retail unit into two dwellings
Status: Refusal
Applicant Name
Mrs P Bennett
Application Location
55-57 Port Street
Evesham
WR11 3LF
UPRN
Ward
Bengeworth Ward
Parish
Evesham
Agent Name
Mr Stuart Bond, absolute architecture ltd
Agent Address
42 Waterloo Road
Bidford on Avon
B50 4JP
Application Reference: W/23/00673/FUL
Application Type: Full planning permission
Case Officer: Hazel Smith
Decision Level: Delegated
Application Received Date: Wednesday 29 March 2023
Application Valid Date: Wednesday 3 May 2023
Consultation Start Date: Wednesday 17 May 2023
Consultation End Date: Friday 9 June 2023
Site Visit Notice Date: N/A
Advert Expiry Date: Friday 9 June 2023
Committee Date: N/A
Decision Date: Monday 11 September 2023
Appeal Date: N/A
Appeal Decision: N/A
Consultees
- Conservation Officer, Conservation Officer
- Drainage Engineer, Engineers - S.W. Land Drainage Partnership
- Highways, County Highways
- Parish Clerk, Evesham Town Council
- Worcestershire & Herefordshire LMC Ltd, Local Medical Committee
- Worcestershire County Council (Public Paths),
- Cllr Mark Goodge, Bengeworth Ward
- Cllr Mrs Emma Stokes, Bengeworth Ward
Relevant Policies and Constraints
- Air Quality Management Area Consultation
- SWDP 10: Secondary Shopping Frontage
- Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1302707. Listed Building. 53-61, PORT STREET. LB/1302707
- SWDP 5: Urban - Unsurveyed
- Paper: Evesham Journal - Thursday
- Policy Case HLA - PAR/37/236/HOU. 55 & 57 PORT STREET. STORE>FLATS. Affordable. Small site (EMP only)
- Policy Case HLA - PAR/37/450/HOU. 55-57 Port Street, Evesham, WR11 3LF. Change of use of first/second floor of shop into two maisonettes at first/second storey level (15.00203 was for 1 flat, 15/01748 is to create 2 flats not 1).. Open Market. Small windfall (HLA only)
- Wind Turbines
- Affect setting: Evesham Conservation Area
- SWDP 2: Development Boundary
- CIL004 - Main Urban Area
- Minor Aquifer
- SWDP 6: Conservation Area
- Surface Water: Low 1 in 1000 extent
- Public Right of Way: Type- Footpath. Path No- EV-537 A
- Surface Water: Medium 1 in 100 extent
- Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1081369. Listed Building. 58-64, PORT STREET. LB/1081369
- Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1081366. Listed Building. 63, PORT STREET. LB/1081366
Application Documents
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