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Shepherds Bridge, Shepherds Bridge Lane, Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8AL

7/2016/5118Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 April 2016

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Replacement of an existing septic tank, with a proprietary package water treatment plant, located in the back garden of the property and outflowing into an adjacent river (Yewdale Beck)

Received
21 February 2016
Council
Lake District
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Shepherds Bridge, Shepherds Bridge Lane, Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8AL. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 8AL
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Coniston
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2016

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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