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Birks Farm Cottage, Witherslack, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 6RW

7/2016/5309Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 July 2016

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Extension to dwelling and change of use of agricultural land to domestic parking area

Received
16 May 2016
Council
Lake District
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated18 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Birks Farm Cottage, Witherslack, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 6RW. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,391 applications in total for the LA11 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
LA11 6RW
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 May 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application form ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf Design and access statement Birks Farm Cottage design and access statement ref 410.doc Location plan 410.4.8 site location plan.pdf Proposed block plan 410.4.7 proposed block plan.pdf Proposed elevations 410.3.6 proposed elevations.pdf Proposed first floor plan 410.3.5 proposed first floor plan.pdf Proposed ground floor plan 410.3.4 proposed ground floor plan.pdf Existing elevations 410.3.3 existing elevations.pdf Existing first floor plan 410.3.2 existing first floor plan.pdf Existing ground floor plan 410.3.1 existing ground floor plan.pdf Natural England comments 5309_Nat_England_response.pdf Bat survey (2.4Mb) 5309_Birks_Farm_Cottage_Bat_Survey.pdf Officer's report 2016_5309Delrep.pdf Decision Notice 2016_5309DN.pdf Copy of non-material amendment approval letter for 7/2016/5737 2016.11.22_To_Agent_re._Non-Material_Amendment_approved.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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