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University Of Birmingham, The Raymond Priestley Centre, Torver, Coniston, LA21 8AX

7/2014/5623Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 December 2014

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Alterations and extensions to entrance

Received
9 September 2014
Council
Lake District
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at University Of Birmingham, The Raymond Priestley Centre, Torver, Coniston, LA21 8AX. Lake District has handled 3,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 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 8AX
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Torver
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application Form ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf Photographs & photomontages (3.35mb) Photo 2 - Existing Drying Room Gable.jpg Photographs & photomontages (3.35mb) Photo 1 - existing front elevation.jpg Planning statement 14.161 Planning Statement.pdf Proposed entrance 14_161_sk006 - Proposed Entrance Isometric View.pdf Location and site plan 14_161_sk001 - Location and Site Plan.pdf Proposed part ground floor and elevation 14_161_sk005 - Proposed Part GF Plan and Elevation.pdf Existing part ground floor and elevation 14_161_sk002 - Existing Part GF Plan and Elevation.pdf Bat survey 5623bat.pdf Decision Notice 2014_5623DN.pdf Officer's report 2014_5623Delrep.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
11

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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