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2026/1587/FPA - Full Application Officer Consideration

Proposal

Change of use of land from Industrial (Use Class B2) to Ulverston Inshore Rescue Base (Use Class Sui Generis) including the siting of storage and welfare units and parking Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:27

Application progress

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Received

12 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 7 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 10 Oct 2026 and 24 Oct 2026, from Westmorland and Furness's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 9 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 12

Site constraints 11

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 ↗

Foxfield to Greenodd across the site

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

Special protection area about 13 m away: Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary

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.

Public byway open to all traffic about 22 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

SSSI about 12 m away: Morecambe Bay 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: Coastal saltmarsh

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 ↗

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Lock Cottage, Grade II, about 43 m from the postcode pin · 2 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 2 with distances

43 mLock CottageGrade II
72 mCanal Basin and Pier on Seaward End of Ulverston Canal,canal FootGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Ulverston built-up area; Priority habitat about 13 m away: Coastal saltmarsh; 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

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 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

Council: Westmorland and Furness
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: LA12 9EL
Received: 12 Aug 2026
Validated: 12 Aug 2026
Ward: Ulverston
Parish: Ulverston
Case officer: Show
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: MVC Design Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 58 of the 56-day target. Westmorland and Furness usually decides changes of use by day 66.

prediction

Day 588 days to the predicted decision (day 66)

41%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

71decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Westmorland and Furness in the last twelve months, from validation. Westmorland and Furness decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 19 Aug 2026
Comments by: 9 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 28 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 16 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved

Lock Cottage Canal Foot ULVERSTON LA12 9EL

Listed building consent for the removal of existing render, repoint in lime mortar, repla…

2024/2353/LBC 5 Feb 2025

2024 Approved

Lock Cottage Canal Foot ULVERSTON LA12 9EL

Listed building consent for the removal of existing render, repoint in lime mortar, repla…

2024/2353/LBC 5 Feb 2025

2023 Refused

Greenlands, Canal Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EL

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the erection of a replace…

SL/2023/0660 1 Nov 2023

2023 Refused

Greenlands, Canal Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EL

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the erection of a replace…

SL/2023/0660 1 Nov 2023

2016 Approved

Ulverston Canal Basin and Pier, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9EL

Installation of a surfaced path on one side of the pier and resurfacing at end of pier. I…

SL/2016/0025 7 Mar 2016

2016 Approved

Ulverston Canal Basin and Pier, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9EL

Installation of a surfaced path on one side of the pier and resurfacing at end of pier. I…

SL/2016/0025 7 Mar 2016

Westmorland and Furness

Planning Authority Score

3.1/10

Poor

#233 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

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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

Land at Canal Foot to the East of Ulverston Sports & Social Club and West of The Bay Horse Hotel & Restaurant…Land at Canal Foot to the East of Ulverston Sports & Social Club and West of The Bay Horse Hotel & Restaurant ULVERSTON LA12 Show more Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 12

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 3

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 6

Other documents 1