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Beetham Trust Heron Corn Mill Beetham MILNTHORPE LA7 7PQ

2026/1211/LBCListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Listed Building Consent to decommission and replace the existing deteriorated timber launder (the elevated water channel) that feeds the waterwheel at Heron Corn Mill. To restore full operational functionality to the mill while ensuring the long-term protection of the buildings fabric from water leakage. Works including deconstruction of the existing timber launder sections. Original ironmongery or brackets to be inspected, cleaned, and reused where structurally sound. Construction of new timber launder using larch, selected for its durability and historical accuracy

Received
11 June 2026
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Kent Estuary
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a listed building consent application at Beetham Trust Heron Corn Mill Beetham MILNTHORPE LA7 7PQ. Westmorland and Furness has handled 31 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Beetham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Kent Estuary. We hold 625 applications in total for the LA7 postcode area.

93% of all 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
LA7 7PQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Parish
Beetham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mill Lane Beetham MILNTHORPE LA7 7PQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Sonja Swift

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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

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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