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Durham Bridge Farm, Lyth, Kendal, LA8 8DB

7/2011/5593Full Planning applicationRefused
Full

Refused on 23 January 2012

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

Proposal

Change of use of house, holiday apartment and accommodation provided from former agricultural building to house and holiday cottage (retrospective)

Received
3 November 2011
Council
Lake District
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Durham Bridge Farm, Lyth, Kendal, LA8 8DB. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 626 applications in total for the LA8 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
LA8 8DB
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Crosthwaite and Lyth
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents letter from agent 115593lett.pdf application form 115593af.pdf location and block plan 115593loc.pdf Statutory Declararion 115593stat.pdf existing floor plans 115593exi.pdf floor plans - former layout 115593lay.pdf existing lower ground floor plans 115593exiground.pdf Decision Notice 2011_5593DN.pdf Officer's report 2011_5593Delrep.pdf Appeal decision letter pal_7_2011_5593.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
10

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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