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Land to the rear of Wilsons Arms, Torver, Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8BB

7/2010/5650Full Planning applicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 April 2011

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use and extension of existing stable block to a walkers hostel, siting of four camping pods and provision of car parking

Received
16 December 2011
Council
Lake District
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land to the rear of Wilsons Arms, Torver, Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8BB. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 312 applications in total for the LA21 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
LA21 8BB
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Torver
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents application form 5650af.pdf details of pods 5650pods.pdf location plan 5650lp.pdf design and access statement 5650ds.pdf proposed site plan DEST42312.png existing location plan DEST42311.png existing stable block DEST42310.png proposed plan view and elevations DEST42309.png proposed site plan DEST42308.png proposed cross section and pod dimensions DEST42307.png proposed location plan DEST42306.png Decision Notice 2010_5650DN.pdf Officer's report 2010_5650Delrep.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
13

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

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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.

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