Town End Farm Hackthorpe PENRITH CA10 2HX

2025/1377/FPAFull ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 12 October 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land and buildings to an equine stud farm.

Received: 21 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Westmorland and Furness
Ward: Eden and Lyvennet Vale, Eamont and Shap

ReceivedReceived21 Jul
ValidatedValidated21 Jul
Consult.Consultation18 Feb
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided12 Oct

Decided in 448 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Town End Farm Hackthorpe PENRITH CA10 2HX. Westmorland and Furness has handled 6,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 448 days, 56 weeks longer than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,695 applications in total for the CA10 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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Why it was refused

The proposal would result in the loss of a viable farm without adequate justification or material benefits to outweigh the loss. The development would fail to maintain and enhance farm viability and sustainability or support domestic food production, and as such to grant permission would be contrary to Policy RUR4 of the Eden Local Plan and Policy E4 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2026.
To grant change of use would entitle the landlord to serve Notice to Quit on the tenant farmer of the application site, as the change of use from agriculture would constitute grounds of expulsion under terms of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986. The proposal would compromise the personal circumstances of the tenant farmer and their family to such a significant extent that to grant permission would be profoundly detrimental to their quality of life.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: CA10 2HX
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Great Strickland, Lowther, Clifton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 July 2025
Consultation expiry: 18 February 2026
Consultation start: 31 July 2025
Consultation end: 18 February 2026
Application expires: 20 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: By Email

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 31 August 2025
Site notice start: 18 August 2025

Additional information

Documents: 264

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Listed building: Grade II: Lowther Castle Inn and Former StablesOn or next to this site
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Eden SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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© 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westmorland and Furness

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