High House Farm, Watermillock, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0LR
Approved on 14 November 2014
Council decision: Approved with Conditions
Proposal
Proposed change of use of detached ground floor disused cattle byre into a holiday letting unit with additional change of use of field land to domestic garden parking area
- Received
- 13 August 2014
- Council
- Lake District
- ReceivedReceived13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated24 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at High House Farm, Watermillock, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0LR. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,434 applications in total for the CA11 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
- CA11 0LR
- Application type
- Full Planning application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Matterdale
- District
- Eden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 September 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Plans and Documents Application form ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf Proposed site plan JENKINSON LESLEY-Layout3.pdf Proposed elevations, floor plans and section JENKINSON LESLEY-Layout 2.pdf Existing elevations and floor plans JENKINSON LESLEY-Layout1.pdf Bat survey (1.3Mb) Watermillock_Bat_Report_September_2014.pdf CS16 Statement 3113cs16.pdf Design and access statement 3113da.pdf Location plan 3113lp.pdf Officer's report 2014_3113Delrep.pdf Decision Notice 2014_3113DN.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
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Eden SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National park: Lake District
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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.
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Associated applications
- 201521 Apr
Confirmation of compliance with condition 4 (CS16) of planning application 7/2014/3113
ApprovedDischarge of conditions7/2015/3057 - 201413 Aug
Proposed change of use of detached ground floor disused cattle byre into a holiday letting unit with…
This applicationApprovedFull7/2014/3113
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201721 Aug
Proposed conversion of ground floor only stable building into holiday letting accommodation
ApprovedFull Planning application7/2017/3068 - 201021 Dec
Conversion of home office to self contained holiday unit (retrospective)
ApprovedFull Planning application7/2011/3005 - 20057 Nov
Conversion of outbuildings into two holiday units
RefusedFull Planning application7/2005/3134
Source: Lake District
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