Yew Tree Cottage Barn Garth Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PP Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1523/LBC - Listed Building Consent Officer Consideration

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for repair and refurbishment of the existing stone outbuilding, including rebuilding of the rear wall, re-roofing with two conservation rooflights, lime repointing and associated repair works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
30 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 24 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 9 Oct 2026, from Westmorland and Furness's recent listed building works.

The consultation period closed on 4 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 9

23 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Garth House, Grade II, about 13 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 22 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 23 with distances
Historic England ↗
Cartmel conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Scheduled monument about 130 m away: Cartmel Augustinian Priory medieval gatehouse and parts of the priory precinct
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Morecambe Bay Limestones and Wetlands; Inside the Cartmel built-up area; National park about 481 m away: Lake District; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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

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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £351,755 in November 2002. Detached house, freehold.

22 November 2002£351,755

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

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
LA11 6PP
Received
30 Jul 2026
Validated
30 Jul 2026
Ward
Grange and Cartmel
Parish
Allithwaite and Cartmel
Case officer
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Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
COW architecture LIMITED

Decision outlook

Day 71, past the statutory target. 74% of listed building works in Westmorland and Furness are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 29 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 7115 days past the 56-day target
31%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
97decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Westmorland and Furness in the last twelve months, from validation. Westmorland and Furness decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
4 Aug 2026
Comments by
4 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
12 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Sept 2026
Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
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

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