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Broom Handle Cottage, Duddon Bridge, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 5HU

7/2016/4036Full Planning applicationRefused
Full

Refused on 16 November 2016

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

Proposal

Barn conversion to form new 2 bed dwelling.

Received
31 May 2016
Council
Lake District
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Broom Handle Cottage, Duddon Bridge, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 5HU. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 16 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 46 applications in total for the LA18 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
LA18 5HU
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Millom without
District
Copeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Site location plan 4036lp.pdf Bat survey 4036bat.pdf Existing ground and first floor plans 4036extgfl.pdf Flood risk assessment 4036_FRA.pdf Proposed elevations P02_16003-07B_Proposed_Elevations.pdf Proposed ground and first floor plans P02_16003-06B_Proposed_Ground_&_First_Floor_Plan.pdf Existing elevations S01_16003-03A_Existing_Elevations.pdf Construction method statement 16003_Construction_Method_Statement.pdf Application form 4036app.pdf Natural England comments 720164036.pdf parish council reply 720164036_-_Broom_Handle_Cottage_Duddon_Bridge.pdf highway comments received 13 October 2016 7-16-4036_-_Letter_-_Barn_Conv_Broom_Handle_Cottage_Duddon_Bridge.pdf Highway comments 4036HA.pdf Decision notice 2016_4036DN.pdf Planner's report 2016_4036Delrep.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
15

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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