Bolton Head Farm, Gosforth, Seascale, CA20 1EW
Approved on 18 December 2025
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of B&B to single dwelling
- Received
- 23 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lake District
- Ward
- Gosforth Ward
- ReceivedReceived23 Oct
- ValidatedValidated7 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date1 Jan
- DecidedDecided18 Dec
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bolton Head Farm, Gosforth, Seascale, CA20 1EW. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Gosforth Ward. We hold 180 applications in total for the CA20 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
- CA20 1EW
- Application type
- Full Planning application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Gosforth
- District
- Copeland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 1 January 2026
- Application expires
- 15 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 17 December 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 69 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 27 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14334713
- UPRN
- AP8TLL8U5RE51DEG38
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National park: Lake District
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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Source: Lake District
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