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Construction workshop adjacent Wellbank Cottage, Bootle Station, LA19 5TB

7/2023/4057Full Planning applicationRefused
Full

Refused on 9 November 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use and the conversion of an existing construction workshop/storage facility to form a single dwelling

Received
23 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Black Combe & Scafell Ward
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Construction workshop adjacent Wellbank Cottage, Bootle Station, LA19 5TB. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 12 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 86 applications in total for the LA19 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
LA19 5TB
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bootle
District
Copeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2023
Target decision date
5 September 2023
Application expires
15 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 July 2023

Appeal

Appeal type
Written Evidence
Appeal date
22 November 2023
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal decision date
10 February 2025

Appeal history

3333663
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 February 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12183291
UPRN
MAN000000000051481
Documents
30

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.

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