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7/2026/2162 - CLPUD - Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development Approved

Proposal

Installation of roof mounted photovoltaic solar panels and wall mounted batterie Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Sept 2026
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Validated
18 Sept 2026
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Approved
1 Oct 2026

Approved on 1 Oct 2026 · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Site constraints 18

Water Supply and WasteSFRA Flood Zone2Area of special control for advertsPrevious planning applicationsSection 3 woodlandEnforcement noticesNutrient Neutrality Catchment133
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lake SAC
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
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 ↗
Tree preservation order
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
National nature reserve 61 m away: River Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lake
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI 61 m away: Bassenthwaite Lake SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Water Supply and WasteCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
SFRA Flood Zone2Council record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Area of special control for advertsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Previous planning applicationsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Section 3 woodlandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Enforcement noticesCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Nutrient Neutrality CatchmentCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
133Council record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 40 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · 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

Application type
CLPUD - Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development
Postcode
CA12 4QZ
Received
8 Sept 2026
Validated
18 Sept 2026
Ward
Bothel and Wharrels Ward
Parish
Bassenthwaite
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Nov 2026
Decision date
1 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Wessex Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 13 days from validation, 39 days faster than Lake District's median of 52 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 78% of lawful development certificates here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
47decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Lake District in the last twelve months, from validation. Lake District decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15205174
Statutory expiry
16 Oct 2026