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Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria, LA12 8RH

7/2006/5644Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 February 2007

Council decision: Full Permission Granted

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

Proposal

Erection of a stand alone substation building for supply of electricity for scheme ref 7/2002/5383 (mixed use development)

Received
9 November 2006
Council
Lake District
  1. Received9 Nov
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria, LA12 8RH. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,019 applications in total for the LA12 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Lake District were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LA12 8RH
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haverthwaite
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application form 065644af.pdf Location plan 065644lp.png Substation Proposal and location plan - Revision B DEST03841.png Substation Proposal and location plan - Revision C DEST03842.png Decision Notice 2006_5644DN.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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