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Ellie's Wood, land south of Beckstone House, Thornthwaite, CA12 5SQ

7/2025/2233Full Planning applicationRefused
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Refused on 10 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to existing buildings, installation of a timber walkway and the siting of a solar array (retrospective)

Received
17 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Bothel and Wharrels Ward
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Ellie's Wood, land south of Beckstone House, Thornthwaite, CA12 5SQ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5SQ
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Above Derwent
District
Allerdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2025
Target decision date
10 February 2026
Application expires
10 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
83 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 January 2026

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000037554
Documents
11

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.

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

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© 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.

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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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