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Ghyll Scaur Quarry, The Hill, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 5HB

4/08/9009ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 February 2010

Council decision: Granted Subject to Conditions and Legal AgreementPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Variation of conditions 2 and 1 of planning consents 4/93/9004 and 4/04/9014 respectively to allow the continuation of mineral extraction until 31 December 2021

Received
18 November 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Cumbria
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 448 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Ghyll Scaur Quarry, The Hill, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 5HB. Cumbria has handled 45 applications of this type. This one was decided in 448 days, 52 weeks longer than Cumbria's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 46 applications in total for the LA18 postcode area.

100% of all applications at Cumbria were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 12 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LA18 5HB
Application type
Conditions
Scale / size
Small
District
Copeland Borough Council

Planning application dates

Validated
18 November 2008
Consultation expiry
24 December 2008
Consultation end
24 December 2008
Committee meeting
26 January 2010

Additional information

Documents
63

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)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2004
    19 Oct

    Extension of the existing permitted southern tip

    ApprovedApplication4/04/9014

Source: Cumbria

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