The Post Office, 11 Princes Street, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria, LA20 6HQ

7/2025/5497Full Planning applicationAwaiting decision

Full

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

Proposal

Alterations to the front of the building and a small wooden balcony to the rear

Received: 5 September 2025
Decision due: 13 January 2026
Council: Lake District
Ward: High Furness Ward

ReceivedReceived5 Sep
ValidatedValidated19 Nov
Consult.Consultation10 Dec
TargetTarget Date13 Jan
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at The Post Office, 11 Princes Street, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria, LA20 6HQ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across High Furness Ward. We hold 117 applications in total for the LA20 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: LA20 6HQ
Application type: Full Planning application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Duddon
District: South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 November 2025
Consultation expiry: 10 December 2025
Consultation end: 10 December 2025
Application expires: 18 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

First advertised: 27 November 2025
Site notice start: 27 November 2025

Additional information

UPRN: MAN000000000008404
Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Broughton-In-Furness
World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
National park: Lake District
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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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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.

Source: Lake District

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