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

4/14/9003HeritageApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 14 August 2015

Council decision: Granted Subject to Conditions and Legal AgreementPlanning committee

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

Proposal

A North and Western extension to Ghyll Scaur Quarry including restoration to open water, amenity, nature conservation and commercial forestry afteruse, together with retention of all existing quarry processing plant, ancillary facilities and infrastructure to provide a single consolidating consent for the entire site.

Received: 18 June 2014
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Cumbria

ReceivedReceived18 Jun
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation31 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Aug

Decided in 422 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at Ghyll Scaur Quarry, The Hill, Millom, LA18 5HB. Cumbria has handled 16 applications of this type. This one was decided in 422 days, 48 weeks longer than Cumbria's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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: Heritage
Scale / size: Small
District: Copeland Borough Council

Planning application dates

Validated: 18 June 2014
Consultation expiry: 31 July 2014
Consultation end: 31 July 2014
Committee meeting: 7 January 2015

Additional information

Documents: 55

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.

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Source: Cumbria

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