Sarahs Cottage, Durham Bridge Farm, Lyth, Kendal, LA8 8DB

7/2019/5570Full Planning applicationApproved

Full

Approved on 18 October 2019

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed extension at rear of existing cottage and internal alterations

Received: 5 September 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Lake District
Ward: Lyth Valley Ward

ReceivedReceived5 Sep
ValidatedValidated6 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date31 Oct
DecidedDecided18 Oct

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Sarahs Cottage, Durham Bridge Farm, Lyth, Kendal, LA8 8DB. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker 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 626 applications in total for the LA8 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: LA8 8DB
Application type: Full Planning application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Crosthwaite and Lyth
District: South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 September 2019
Target decision date: 31 October 2019
Application expires: 15 November 2019
Permission expires: 17 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period: 70 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 13 September 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08068641
UPRN: MAN000000000036118
Documents: 7

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
National park: Lake District
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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Source: Lake District

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