Former Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria, LA12 8QQ

7/2019/5038Confirmation of compliance with condition attached to planning permissionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 March 2019

Council decision: Complies with Condition

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Approval of details reserved by condition 8 on 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) - relating to hard and soft landscaping

Received: 11 January 2019
Council: Lake District
Ward: Staveley-in-Cartmel Ward

ReceivedReceived11 Jan
ValidatedValidated14 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date10 Mar
DecidedDecided6 Mar

Decided in 51 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 54 days. 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: Medium
Parish: Haverthwaite
District: South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 January 2019
Target decision date: 10 March 2019
Application expires: 3 April 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period: 79 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07533079
UPRN: MAN000000000028164
Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Scheduled monument: Backbarrow ironworksPart of the site
World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
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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