Whinnels Farm, Greystone Lane, Newton in Furness, BARROW in FURNESS, LA13 0NX
Approved on 15 June 2018
Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Retention of biomass processing in end bay of existing storage building including boiler flue, polytunnel use for livestock and feed, static caravan as staff welfare restroom come office (retrospective)
- Received
- 25 January 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- ReceivedReceived25 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation26 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided15 Jun
Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Whinnels Farm, Greystone Lane, Newton in Furness, BARROW in FURNESS, LA13 0NX. Westmorland and Furness has handled 382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 186 applications in total for the LA13 postcode area.
85% of amendment 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
- LA13 0NX
- Application type
- Retrospective Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Aldingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2018
- Consultation start
- 20 February 2018
- Consultation end
- 26 March 2018
- Application expires
- 15 June 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Ashton Planning Ltd, Stramongate House, 53 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 87 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20257 Apr
Proposed 900KW Biomass Boiler Unit located in Outbuilding.
ApprovedFull Application2025/0672/FPA - 201915 Nov
Retention of static office and storage container
PendingFull ApplicationSL/2019/0921 - 20195 Mar
Dwelling for a rural worker
RefusedOutline ApplicationSL/2019/0192 - 20188 Aug
Portal framed agricultural storage building
ApprovedPrior ApprovalPN/2018/0012
Source: Westmorland and Furness
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