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Former Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria LA12 8QQ

7/2024/5477Full Planning applicationWithdrawn
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Withdrawn on 16 October 2024

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Proposal

Installation of a solar array

Received
22 August 2024
Council
Lake District
Ward
Grange and Cartmel Ward
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Former Backbarrow Ironworks, Backbarrow, Cumbria LA12 8QQ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 55 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Grange and Cartmel Ward. 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 8QQ
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haverthwaite
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2024
Target decision date
30 October 2024
Application expires
9 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13327164
UPRN
MAN000000000045061
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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Planning history at this site

18 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 May

    Approval of details reserved by condition 8 (hard/soft landscaping) condition 14 (windows and doors) and…

    PendingDischarge of conditions7/2026/5254
  2. 2024
    26 Jun

    Approval of details reserved by condition 10 (Contamination) on planning permission 7/2016/5090

    PendingDischarge of conditions7/2024/5362
  3. 2024
    31 Jan

    The conversion of the former Pug Mill and Laboratory Building into a new single dwelling including the…

    PendingFull Planning application7/2024/5053
  4. 2023
    21 Sep

    Non-material amendment to planning application 7/2016/5090

    ApprovedNon-material amendment7/2023/5564
  5. 2023
    2 May

    Non-material amendment to planning application 7/2016/5090

    PendingNon-material amendment7/2023/5267
  6. 2022
    29 Nov

    Approval of details reserved by conditions 6 (archaeological monitoring), 7 (historic fabric), 8 (sustainable…

    Split DecisionDischarge of conditions7/2022/5751

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