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Newbiggin Farm, Waberthwaite, Millom, LA19 5YQ

7/2023/4067Listed Building Consent applicationRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 21 February 2025

Council decision: Listed Building Consent RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

To carry out energy efficiency measures to include solid wall insulation fitted internally, heating upgrade to an air to water heat pump and solar pv sited on the rear of the dwelling

Received
20 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Black Combe & Scafell Ward
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.29 Aug
  4. Target13 Sep
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 582 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at Newbiggin Farm, Waberthwaite, Millom, LA19 5YQ. Lake District has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 582 days, 75 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 86 applications in total for the LA19 postcode area.

91% of heritage 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 5YQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Waberthwaite
District
Copeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2023
Consultation expiry
29 August 2023
Consultation end
29 August 2023
Target decision date
13 September 2023
Application expires
21 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
16 August 2023
Site notice start
16 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12325978
UPRN
10000892798
Documents
11

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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