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Bigland Hall, Backbarrow, Ulverston, LA12 8PB

7/2021/5601Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 October 2021

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Compost facility

Received
19 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Broughton & Coniston Ward
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.22 Sep
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bigland Hall, Backbarrow, Ulverston, LA12 8PB. Lake District has handled 3,855 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,023 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 8PB
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Haverthwaite
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2021
Consultation expiry
22 September 2021
Consultation end
22 September 2021
Target decision date
3 October 2021
Application expires
19 November 2021
Permission expires
21 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
102 days

Publicity

First advertised
9 September 2021
Site notice start
29 September 2021

Additional information

UPRN
10003951803
Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

Source: Lake District

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