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Braithwaite Bridges Camping and Caravan Site, Braithwaite, Keswick, CA12 5TF

7/2024/2219Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 July 2025

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To upgrade and modernise the existing amenity building (including an extension on south elevation); creation of hardstanding pitches (to be used by caravans and tourers): creation of 'hybrid' pitches (to be used by tents or caravans); installation of ground mounted solar panels; erection of information boards and ancillary infrastructure associated with the operation of the site as a Camping and Caravanning Club site

Received
25 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Bothel and Wharrels Ward
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jul

Decided in 237 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Braithwaite Bridges Camping and Caravan Site, Braithwaite, Keswick, CA12 5TF. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 255 days, 28 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Bothel and Wharrels Ward. We hold 993 applications in total for the CA12 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
CA12 5TF
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Above Derwent
District
Allerdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2024
Consultation expiry
5 December 2024
Consultation end
5 December 2024
Target decision date
6 January 2025
Application expires
4 August 2025
Permission expires
6 July 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
265 days

Publicity

First advertised
22 November 2024
Site notice start
26 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13459894
UPRN
MAN000000000004886
Documents
45

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lake SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: Lake District
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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.

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