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Black Barn, Land opposite Old Mill Cottage, Witherslack, LA11 6SG

7/2019/5446Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 4 October 2019

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed redevelopment of Black Barn to form a new 1 bed 2 person compact Eco-Home

Received
9 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Lyth Valley Ward
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Black Barn, Land opposite Old Mill Cottage, Witherslack, LA11 6SG. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Medium
Parish
Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2019
Target decision date
24 September 2019
Application expires
6 November 2019
Permission expires
3 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
98 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 August 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07734021
UPRN
MAN000000000034608
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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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.

© 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.

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