Former Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria, LA12 8QQ

7/2017/5504Confirmation of compliance with condition attached to planning permissionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 December 2017

Council decision: Complies with Condition

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

Proposal

Confirmation of compliance with conditions 6,7,8,10,11,12,15 & 16 of planning application 7/2016/5090 - 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

Submitted: 26 July 2017
Council: Lake District

ReceivedSubmitted26 Jul
ValidatedValidated26 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided5 Dec

Decided in 132 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria, LA12 8QQ. Lake District has handled 670 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 11 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.

94% of conditions 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: Confirmation of compliance with condition attached to planning permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Haverthwaite

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 July 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Plans and Documents Drainage documentation (over 1mb) K34058-02-O&M-TM.PDF existing drainage plan (over 1mb) K34058-02B - EXISTING DRAINAGE LOCATION PLAN.pdf Drainage documentation (over 1mb) K34058-01-DDR-TM.PDF Application Form ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf hydraulic model update document 3 of 3 (over 1mb) 2017-06-14 3242 HMS Final v1.1 Part 3 of 3.pdf hydraulic model update document 2 of 3 (over 1mb) 2017-06-14 3242 HMS Final v1.1 Part 2 of 3.pdf hydraulic model update document 1 of 3 (over 1mb) 2017-06-14 3242 HMS Final v1.1 Part 1 of 3.pdf ground investigation report (over 1mb) GEO2017-2429 - Backbarrow, Cumbria GIR Report Part 2 of 2.pdf plans GEO2017-2429 - P1 DTS REPORT - Backbarrow, Cumbria Part 4 of 4.pdf desk top study report (over 1mb) GEO2017-2429 - P1 DTS REPORT - Backbarrow, Cumbria Part 3 of 4.pdf desk top study report (over 1mb) GEO2017-2429 - P1 DTS REPORT - Backbarrow, Cumbria Part 2 of 4.pdf desk top study report (over 1mb) GEO2017-2429 - P1 DTS REPORT - Backbarrow, Cumbria Part 1 of 4.pdf ground investigation report (over 1mb) GEO2017-2429 - Backbarrow, Cumbria GIR Report Part 1 of 2(2).pdf tree survey report (over 1mb) MG.5043.TSRREVB.JULY17.pdf Arboricultural Impact Assessment (over 1mb) MG.5043.AIA&AMS.REVC.JUL17.pdf surface water drainage (over 1mb) K34058-27A - SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION DETAILS (2 OF 2).pdf surface water drainage (over 1mb_ K34058-26A - SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION DETAILS (1 OF 2).pdf sewer plan (over 1mb) K34058-23 - PROPOSED S185 COMBINED SEWER DIVERSION PLAN.pdf proposed drainage (over 1mb) K34058-22B - PROPOSED SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE PLAN.pdf proposed drainage (over 1mb) K34058-21A - PROPOSED FOUL WATER DRAINAGE PLAN.pdf proposed drainage (over 1mb) K34058-20B - PROPOSED FOUL & SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE PLAN.pdf existing drainage (over 1mb) K34058-19 - EXISTING DRAINAGE REMOVAL & RETENTION PLAN.pdf highway & car parking (over 1mb) K34058-13 - HIGHWAY AND CAR PARKING CUT AND FILL PLAN.pdf retaining wall plan K34058-10 - RETAINING WALL CONSTRUCTION DETAILS.pdf external work details (over 1mb) K34058-08 - EXTERNAL WORKS DETAILS.pdf external works (over 1mb) K34058-07A - EXTERNAL WORKS PLAN.pdf proposed road plan (over 1mb) K34058-06 - PROPOSED ROAD LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS.pdf proposed external levels (over 1mb) K34058-05A - PROPOSED EXTERNAL LEVELS PLAN.pdf flood wall construction (over 1mb) K34058-04B - FLOOD WALL CONSTRUCTION DETAILS.pdf proposed river flood wall (over 1mb) K34058-03B - PROPOSED RIVER FLOOD WALL LOCATION & LONGITUINAL SECTION.pdf ground investigation location plan (over 1mb0 K34058-01A - GROUND INVESTIGATION LOCATION PLAN.pdf site plan (over 1mb) Backbarrow_Site Plan_G.PDF additional groundwater screening Backbarrow, Cumbria - Additional GW Screening Report v2.pdf surface & watching brief Backbarrow pd_2016_b.doc tree plan 5043.04.FLOODWALL TTP.JUL17..pdf tree protection plan 5043.03.TPP.REVC.JUL17.pdf tree survey & root protection plan (over 1mb) 5043.02.TS.REV B.JUL17.pdf landscape proposals (over 1mb) 5043.01 rev I 1,250 JULY 17..pdf location plan 2036 - LOC.2.pdf covering letter Condition_discharge_July_2017.pdf Environment Agency comments 550env.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents: 45

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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© 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.

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