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2026/1547/DISC - Approval of Details Reserved by Condition(s) Decided
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Application for the approval of details reserved by condition 4 (habitat plan) attached to planning permission . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Jul 2026
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Discharge of Conditions
19 Aug 2026

Discharge of Conditions on 19 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Sept 2026

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    Conditions details submitted for 4

    • ConditionsApplication for the approval of details reserved by condition 4 (habitat plan).This application2026/1547/DISC

Site constraints 6

North Pennines National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 5. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: East of Eden; Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.
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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £66,500 in April 1996. Detached house, freehold.

12 April 1996£66,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Westmorland and Furness
Application type
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition(s)
Postcode
CA9 3ND
Received
31 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Alston and Fellside
Parish
Alston Moor
Case officer
Show
Decision
Discharge of Conditions
Decision date
19 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Countryside Consultants

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
12 Aug 2026
Comments by
2 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
25 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Extension and alterations to dwelling.
2025/0266/HOU
2025 Approved
Extension and alterations to dwelling.
2025/0266/HOU
2023 Refused
Change of use of agricultural land to form additional residential curtilage, alterations…
23/0730
2023 Refused
Change of use of agricultural land to form additional residential curtilage, alterations…
23/0730
Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.