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Colton Farm, Colton, Ulverston, LA12 8HF

7/2016/5545Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 October 2016

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use and extension of existing agricultural building to agricultural workers dwelling.

Received
7 August 2016
Council
Lake District
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Colton Farm, Colton, Ulverston, LA12 8HF. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. There have been 4 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 8HF
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colton
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application Form ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf Biodiversity survey and report Colton Farm Bat Survey - Final - June 2016.pdf Planning statement Planning Statement Final - Aug 2016.pdf agricultural appraisal Agri. Appraisal Colton Farm - Final - July 2016.pdf floor plans (over 2mb) HPSCANNER0835.pdf elevations and location plan (over 2mb) HPSCANNER0836.pdf Parish Council consultation response 2016_5545_ColtonPC.pdf Officer's report 2016_5545Delrep.pdf Decision Notice 2016_5545DN.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
9

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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