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2026/0963/LDPR - Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed Use Approved
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed use as a short term holiday let Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 May 2026
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Approved
10 Jul 2026

Approved on 10 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 7

Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
World heritage site about 22 m away: The English Lake District
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National park about 26 m away: Lake District
Outside the park; its setting can still be raised.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 35 m away: Traditional orchard; Open access land about 43 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Westmorland and Furness
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed Use
Postcode
LA12 8DU
Received
11 May 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Ward
Coniston and Hawkshead
Parish
Lowick
Case officer
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Decision
Approved
Decision date
10 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 60 days from validation, 6 days faster than Westmorland and Furness's median of 66 for changes of use. Approved, as 79% of changes of use here are.

41%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
71decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Westmorland and Furness in the last twelve months, from validation. Westmorland and Furness decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
10 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Lowick Farm, Lowick Green, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 8DX
Extension & alterations to farmhouse, and change of use of field to increase parking & do…
7/2023/5243
2023
Lowick Farm, Lowick Green, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 8DX
Change of use of building to holiday lets and replacement agricultural building (followin…
7/2023/5382
2021 Refused
Part OS field no 7818, Forest Hill, Lowick Green, ULVERSTON, LA12 8DU
Erection of a general purpose agricultural building
SL/2021/0762
2021 Refused
Part OS field no 7818, Forest Hill, Lowick Green, ULVERSTON, LA12 8DU
Erection of a general purpose agricultural building
SL/2021/0762
2019 Refused
Verge adjacent to A5092, Lowick, ULVERSTON, LA12 8DU
One Arqiva smart metering OMNI at 11.15m mounted on a 10m street works pole, one Arqiva s…
PN/2019/0035
2019 Refused
Verge adjacent to A5092, Lowick, ULVERSTON, LA12 8DU
One Arqiva smart metering OMNI at 11.15m mounted on a 10m street works pole, one Arqiva s…
PN/2019/0035
2019 Approved
Lowick Farm House, Lowick Green, Ulverston, LA12 8DX
Non material amendment to approval ref 7/2019/5006 - alter gable window from rectangular…
7/2019/5313
2019 Approved
Lowick Farm House, Lowick Green, Ulverston, LA12 8DX
Replace existing glazed barn door area and new windows to front elevation, new gabled roo…
7/2019/5006
Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Westmorland and Furness is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #235 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Westmorland and Furness decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #96 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #145 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #235 of 296
52%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #238 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
69 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
135 decided
1,204
Total decisions
91 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings