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Birks Farm, Birks Lane, Birks, Sedbergh, LA10 5HQ

S/03/518FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 15 February 2024

Council decision: Approved - ConditionalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Full planning permission for construction of 4 No glamping pods and a timber clad dining/social building for use as short-stay accommodation for military veterans. Including the installation of a package treatment plant.

Received
2 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Yorkshire Dales
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Jan
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 121 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Birks Farm, Birks Lane, Birks, Sedbergh, LA10 5HQ. Yorkshire Dales has handled 2,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 11 weeks longer than Yorkshire Dales's typical decision time. The site is in the Sedburgh conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 767 applications in total for the LA10 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Yorkshire Dales were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LA10 5HQ
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sedbergh
District
South Lakeland District

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2023
Consultation expiry
25 January 2024
Consultation end
25 January 2024
Target decision date
12 December 2023
Application expires
8 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
4 January 2024
Site notice start
19 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
12449078
UPRN
MAN000000000007304
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Sedburgh
  • Listed building: Grade II: Low BirksOn or next to this site
  • National park: Yorkshire Dales
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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 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: Yorkshire Dales

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