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1, Leven Court, Backbarrow, Ulverston, LA12 8RB

7/2025/5407Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 September 2025

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed change of use from commercial use to 1 bedroom flat

Received
24 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Grange and Cartmel Ward
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1, Leven Court, Backbarrow, Ulverston, LA12 8RB. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 8RB
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Haverthwaite
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2025
Target decision date
17 September 2025
Application expires
13 October 2025
Permission expires
14 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
81 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14199701
UPRN
10003964708
Documents
7

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 (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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    2 Oct

    Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (renewable energy) on application 7/2025/5407

    Complies with ConditionDischarge of conditions7/2025/5549
  2. 2025
    24 Jul

    Proposed change of use from commercial use to 1 bedroom flat

    This applicationApprovedFull7/2025/5407

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