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Combe Gill Hydro Station, Borrowdale, Cumbria

7/2018/2266Major full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 31 January 2019

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Hydro electric station comprising of an intake on Combe Gill, a buried pipeline and a powerhouse building enclosing a turbine and generator and an outfall returning the water to Combe Gill

Received
26 September 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Derwent Valley Ward
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Combe Gill Hydro Station, Borrowdale, Cumbria. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 10 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address.

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

Application type
Major full application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Borrowdale
District
Allerdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2018
Consultation expiry
1 November 2018
Consultation end
1 November 2018
Target decision date
2 January 2019
Application expires
3 January 2019
Permission expires
30 January 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

First advertised
19 October 2018
Site notice start
24 October 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07217918
UPRN
MAN000000000033048
Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lake SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: Lake District
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2020
    21 Feb

    Approval of details reserved by condition 6 on planning application ref 7/2018/2266

    Complies with ConditionDischarge of conditions7/2020/2054
  2. 2018
    26 Sep

    Hydro electric station comprising of an intake on Combe Gill, a buried pipeline and a powerhouse building…

    This applicationApprovedFull7/2018/2266

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