Ellers Farm Farleton CARNFORTH LA6 1PD

2026/1461/PAPPPrior ApprovalApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Proposal

Prior approval for a general purpose agricultural building under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A

Received: 20 July 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Westmorland and Furness
Ward: Kent Estuary

ReceivedReceived20 Jul
ValidatedValidated20 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided21 Aug

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Ellers Farm Farleton CARNFORTH LA6 1PD. Westmorland and Furness has handled 788 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Kent Estuary. We hold 2,146 applications in total for the LA6 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: LA6 1PD
Application type: Prior Approval
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Beetham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 July 2026
Application expires: 16 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Midtown Farm Little Strickland PENRITH CA10 3EG

Planning decision

Case officer: Lucy Isham
Statutory period: 27 days

Additional information

Documents: 6

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 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.

Source: Westmorland and Furness

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