Land East of Springfield Road North of Dragley Beck ULVERSTON LA12 0EJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Permission in principle application for up to four dwellings Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 1 Jul 2026 · Committee · Last checked 15 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Westmorland and Furness South Lakeland Local Area Planning Committee on 25 Jun 2026. Earlier deferred on 21 May 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the site, residential use and amount of development were acceptable in principle.
- The town council and 61 objectors raised concerns including traffic, flooding, wildlife, safety and the site’s character.
Source: Plota analysis of Westmorland and Furness's committee minutes of 25 Jun 2026.
Site constraints 2
Checked on 11 September 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 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
- Permission in Principle
- Postcode
- LA12 0EJ
- Received
- 24 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 30 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Ulverston
- Parish
- Ulverston
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- S&L Planning Consultants
How this decision compares
Decided in 93 days from validation, 27 days slower than Westmorland and Furness's median of 66 for new homes. Approved, as 79% of new homes here are.
Plota live figures for new homes decided by Westmorland and Furness in the last twelve months, from validation. Westmorland and Furness decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 1 Apr 2026
- Comments by
- 1 May 2026
- Site or press notice
- 10 Apr 2026
- Committee
- 25 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Jul 2026
Historical activity at this location
20 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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