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Near Marshfield Farm Kirkby In Furness LA17 7UY

2026/1374/OHLIOverhead Electricity LineApproved

Approved on 3 August 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Notification under the Electricity Act 1989 Overhead Lines (Exeption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 for the replacement of an existing tower 'AF30' due to high winds. The replacement tower will be installed approximately 22 metres further along the existing overhead line in a northerly direction

Received
6 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
High Furness
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Near Marshfield Farm Kirkby In Furness LA17 7UY. Westmorland and Furness has handled 61 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across High Furness. We hold 215 applications in total for the LA17 postcode area.

94% 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
LA17 7UY
Application type
Overhead Electricity Line
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Angerton

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2026
Application expires
3 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Frederick Road SALFORD M6 6QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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.

© 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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