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Springbank, Mill Side, Witherslack, LA11 6SQ

7/2026/5123Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rear extension to existing bungalow

Received
27 February 2026
Council
Lake District
Ward
Bowness and Lyth Ward
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a rear extension at Springbank, Mill Side, Witherslack, LA11 6SQ. Lake District has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Bowness and Lyth Ward. We hold 1,391 applications in total for the LA11 postcode area.

91% of full planning 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
LA11 6SQ
Application type
Full Planning application
Parish
Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2026
Target decision date
26 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
TONY HILLS STUDIO LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Kempster

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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