The National Trust Sizergh Castle, Sizergh, Kendal, LA8 8AE
Approved on 28 February 2020
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of Biomass District Heating system, including Solar PV system to Visitor Centre roof
- Received
- 12 December 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lake District
- Ward
- Bowness & Levens Ward
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation29 Jan
- TargetTarget Date1 Mar
- DecidedDecided28 Feb
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The National Trust Sizergh Castle, Sizergh, Kendal, LA8 8AE. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. 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 8AE
- Application type
- Full Planning application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Helsington
- District
- South Lakeland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 29 January 2020
- Consultation end
- 29 January 2020
- Target decision date
- 1 March 2020
- Application expires
- 6 February 2020
- Permission expires
- 27 February 2023
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 16 January 2020
- Site notice start
- 20 January 2020
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08098173
- UPRN
- 10090933139
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National park: Lake District
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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© 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.
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Source: Lake District
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