Pear Tree Farm, Bowness On Solway, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 5AF
Approved on 15 November 2018
Council decision: Full Plans ApprovedPlanning committee
Proposal
Change of use of utility and storage rooms into a small tea room
- Submitted
- 11 September 2018
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Allerdale
- ReceivedSubmitted11 Sep
- ValidatedValidated11 Sep
- Consult.Consultation2 Nov
- TargetTarget Date11 Sep
- DecidedDecided15 Nov
Decided in 65 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Pear Tree Farm, Bowness On Solway, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 5AF. Allerdale has handled 348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Allerdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Bowness-on-Solway conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 2,924 applications in total for the CA7 postcode area.
97% of amendment applications at Allerdale were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- CA7 5AF
- Application type
- Change of use
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 September 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 2 November 2018
- Consultation start
- 17 September 2018
- Consultation end
- 2 November 2018
- Target decision date
- 11 September 2018
- Committee meeting
- 13 November 2018
- Application expires
- 16 November 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Pear Tree Farm Bowness on Solway Wigton Cumbria CA7 5AF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 66 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bowness-on-Solway
- National Landscape (AONB): Solway Coast
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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Associated applications
- 201813 Dec
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 and 4 on planning approval 2/2018/0454
Compliance with Conditions ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON1/2018/0454 - 201811 Sep
Change of use of utility and storage rooms into a small tea room
This applicationApprovedAmendment2/2018/0454
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202017 Mar
Pollarding of two sycamore trees
ConditionsWorks to Trees in a conservation areaCAT/2020/0013 - 20174 Dec
To turn a section of utility and storage rooms into a small tea room. (C3 to A3 use class)
WithdrawnChange of use2/2017/0571 - 201713 Jan
Change of use of buildings into a tea room (A3) and B&B units (C1). Installation of handrail and new door.
RefusedChange of use2/2017/0013
Source: Allerdale
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