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Bowston Weir, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HG

SL/2020/0817Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 March 2022

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONSPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Removal of the existing weir structure and associated fish passes, the installation of a ‘nature-like’ rock ramp downstream of the weir location, with associated scour protection along the toe of the existing wall on the right bank of the river, and the excavation of a ‘proto-channel’ extending 140 m upstream of the rock ramp.

Received
6 November 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Westmorland and Furness
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 466 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bowston Weir, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HG. Westmorland and Furness has handled 6,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 480 days, 61 weeks longer than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 630 applications in total for the LA8 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
LA8 9HG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Burneside (Strickland Ketel)

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2020
Consultation expiry
21 December 2020
Consultation start
23 November 2020
Consultation end
21 December 2020
Committee meeting
24 February 2022
Application expires
4 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Refinery, Clock Tower Buildings, ULVERSTON, LA12 8LY

Planning decision

Statutory period
104 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 December 2020

Additional information

Documents
181

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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    20 May

    Compliance with conditions 3 (tree protection), 5 (restoration of site access), 6 (Level 2 archaeological…

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONSDischarge of conditionsSL/2022/0472
  2. 2020
    6 Nov

    Removal of the existing weir structure and associated fish passes, the installation of a ‘nature-like’ rock…

    This applicationApprovedFullSL/2020/0817

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