Former Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria, LA12 8QQ

7/2016/5090Major full applicationApproved

Full

Approved on 17 August 2016

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of north and south office blocks; change of use and external alterations to 'North Block' and 'South Block' to 43 open market apartments; change of use and external alterations to building 18 (Foundry House) and building 19 to five affordable dwellings; change of use of Pug Mill to B1 (offices); erection of five open market dwellings to the west of Levensdale; site wide landscaping and restoration works to the Scheduled Ancient Monument

Received: 12 February 2016
Council: Lake District

ReceivedReceived12 Feb
ValidatedValidated16 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided17 Aug

Decided in 183 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria, LA12 8QQ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 187 days, 19 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 16 other applications at this address. We hold 2,019 applications in total for the LA12 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: LA12 8QQ
Application type: Major full application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Haverthwaite
District: South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Lowry House, 17, Marble Street, Manchester, M2 3AW

Additional information

Documents: 102

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
National park: Lake District

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.

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