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School House, Leadgate Road, Leadgate, Alston, CA9 3EL

15/1147Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 February 2016

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion and extension of redundant farm building to a holiday cottage.

Received
14 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Alston Moor
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Feb

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at SCHOOL HOUSE, LEADGATE ROAD, LEADGATE, ALSTON, CA9 3EL. Westmorland and Furness has handled 6,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 67 applications in total for the CA9 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Westmorland and Furness were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CA9 3EL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Alston Moor

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2015
Consultation expiry
11 February 2016
Consultation start
22 December 2015
Consultation end
11 February 2016
Application expires
29 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Linden Cottage, Milburn, Penrith, CA10 1TN

Planning decision

Statutory period
77 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    27 Aug

    Removal of condition 7 (holiday let restriction), attached to approval 15/1147

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)2024/1610/FPA
  2. 2015
    14 Dec

    Conversion and extension of redundant farm building to a holiday cottage.

    This applicationApprovedFull15/1147

Source: Westmorland and Furness

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