Former Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria, LA12 8QQ
Approved on 15 March 2019
Council decision: Advertisement Consent ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Two illuminated fascia signs
- Received
- 11 January 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lake District
- Ward
- Staveley-in-Cartmel Ward
- ReceivedReceived11 Jan
- ValidatedValidated31 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Mar
- DecidedDecided15 Mar
Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Former Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria, LA12 8QQ. Lake District has handled 126 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days 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.
90% of advertising 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
- Advertisement Consent Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Haverthwaite
- District
- South Lakeland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 January 2019
- Target decision date
- 27 March 2019
- Application expires
- 9 May 2019
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 98 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07536900
- UPRN
- MAN000000000028164
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Heritage at Risk Register: Backbarrow Ironworks (unrepaired buildings including Pug Mill, storehouses and manager's…Part of the site
- National park: Lake District
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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Split DecisionDischarge of conditions7/2021/5880 - 201911 Jul
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Non material amendment to planning approval ref. 7/2017/5503
ApprovedNon-material amendment7/2018/5289 - 201821 Feb
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ApprovedNon-material amendment7/2018/5110 - 20178 Aug
Physical alterations to the existing North and South Block, erection of a water booster pump station…
ApprovedFull Planning application7/2017/5503 - 201726 Jul
Confirmation of compliance with conditions 6,7,8,10,11,12,15 & 16 of planning application 7/2016/5090
Complies with ConditionDischarge of conditions7/2017/5504 - 201612 Feb
Demolition of north and south office blocks; change of use and external alterations to 'North Block' and…
ApprovedMajor full application7/2016/5090
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