Heather Lea Bowscar Penrith CA11 9NW

2026/0681/LDPRLawful Development Certificate - Proposed UseApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed use of dwelling as a residential care home for up to two young people, with up to three members of staff during the day and up to two overnight.

Received: 30 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Westmorland and Furness
Ward: Penrith North

ReceivedReceived30 Mar
ValidatedValidated15 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided29 May

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Heather Lea Bowscar Penrith CA11 9NW. Westmorland and Furness has handled 788 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 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 77 applications across Penrith North. We hold 1,440 applications in total for the CA11 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: CA11 9NW
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Penrith

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 April 2026
Application expires: 10 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 220 St Vincent Steet Glasgow G2 5SG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 3: High 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.

Source: Westmorland and Furness

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