Land South of Eskrigg End Road Old Hutton KENDAL LA8 0NU
Approved on 2 December 2024
Council decision: EIA REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Environmental Impact Assessment Screening for a Proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Development with Associated Earthworks, Infrastructure, Access, Drainage Features and Landscaping
- Received
- 4 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Ward
- Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale
- ReceivedReceived4 Oct
- ValidatedValidated4 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Dec
Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land South of Eskrigg End Road Old Hutton KENDAL LA8 0NU. Westmorland and Furness has handled 788 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale. We hold 630 applications in total for the LA8 postcode area.
88% of outline 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
- LA8 0NU
- Application type
- Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Old Hutton and Holmescales
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 October 2024
- Application expires
- 2 December 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 3rd Floor Gainsborough House 34-40 Grey Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 6AE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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.
Source: Westmorland and Furness
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