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Black Bull Farm, Mill Side, Witherslack, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6SG

7/2016/5708Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 February 2017

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of farmstead, comprising agricultural worker's dwelling and agricultural building for animal housing, general storage purposes and agricultural contractors' business.

Received
13 October 2016
Council
Lake District
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Black Bull Farm, Mill Side, Witherslack, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6SG. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications 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 6SG
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application form ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf Site location plan location plan.pdf Proposed plan 4564-06 Cattle Shed.pdf Proposed floor plans, elevations and roof plan elevations.pdf Existing and proposed site plan block plan.pdf Design, access and policy CS16 statement Design_and_Access_Policy_CS16.pdf Planning report Planning_report_161013.pdf Agricultural appraisal 5708_Agricutural_Appraisal_-_Final.pdf Arboricultural Impact Assessment 5708_BlackBullFarmAIA_181016.pdf Response received from Natural England 2016_5708NatEn.pdf parish council reply Witherslack_Meathop_and_Ulpha_Parish_Council.pdf highways reply 5708_Black_Bull_Farm_Witherslack_Agricultural_Dwelling.pdf Additional information 21 December 2016 email_msg_249.rtf.pdf Development Control Committee Report - 1 February 2017 2015_5575_2016_5708dcc010217.pdf Decision Notice 2016_5708DN.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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