Land at The Old Post Office House, Finsthwaite Lane, Backbarrow, Cumbria, LA12 8PZ Data via plota.co.uk

7/2026/5367 Application being considered

Proposal

Operational development comprising the erection of a retaining wall and backfill Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Aug 2032

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 63.

Site constraints 8

Lake District National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
World heritage site: The English Lake District
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
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 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Nature improvement area: Morecambe Bay Limestones and Wetlands; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Backbarrow built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Postcode
LA12 8PZ
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Aug 2032
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lakeland Architectural

Decision outlook

Day 63, past the statutory target. 90% of commercial and major works in Lake District are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 6 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 4 Oct 2026.

Day 637 days past the 56-day target
75%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Lake District in the last twelve months, from validation. Lake District decision record →