Land at Wood Lea Farmstead, Wood Lea Farm, Newby Bridge Road, Wood Broughton, Cartmel
Proposal
Construction of a self build farmhouse connected to existing foul water treatment plant, and installation of solar panels
- Received
- 2 April 2026
- Decision due
- 5 June 2026
- Council
- Lake District
- Ward
- Grange and Cartmel Ward
- ReceivedReceived2 Apr
- ValidatedValidated11 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 Jun
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land at Wood Lea Farmstead, Wood Lea Farm, Newby Bridge Road, Wood Broughton, Cartmel. Lake District has handled 3,851 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Cartmel conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Grange and Cartmel Ward. We hold 1,396 applications in total for the LA11 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
- LA11 6QQ
- Application type
- Full Planning application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Broughton East
- District
- South Lakeland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 April 2026
- Application expires
- 13 May 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14721366
- UPRN
- MAN000000000010710
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Cartmel
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.
© 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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Before the decision
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The site is in flood zone 2 (Environment Agency).
- 31.5 miPrestonRTPI
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