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Oakfield Lodge, Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AT

SL/2018/0971Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 February 2019

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from Youth Hostel (Use Class Sui Generis) to dwelling (Use Class C3)

Received
30 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated30 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Oakfield Lodge, Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AT. Westmorland and Furness has handled 6,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,155 applications in total for the LA5 postcode area.

93% of full 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
LA5 0AT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Arnside

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 December 2018
Consultation start
6 December 2018
Application expires
24 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Oakfield Lodge, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Arnside & Silverdale
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    7 Jan

    Subdivision of existing dwelling to create two self-contained dwellings

    ApprovedFull ApplicationSL/2022/0008

Source: Westmorland and Furness

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