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Bridgefield Farm, Spark Bridge, Ulverston, LA12 8DA

7/2020/5714Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 21 December 2020

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of former agricultural buildings to base for agricultural contractor's business.

Received
3 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Broughton & Coniston Ward
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Dec
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bridgefield Farm, Spark Bridge, Ulverston, LA12 8DA. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,019 applications in total for the LA12 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
LA12 8DA
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Colton
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2020
Target decision date
28 December 2020
Application expires
18 January 2021
Permission expires
20 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
76 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 November 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09006070
UPRN
10003960552
Documents
11

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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