Spring Bank Silverdale Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AG Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1605/HOU - Householder Approved

Proposal

Installation of an electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint on the external wall of the dwelling as part of Westmorland and Furness Council's EV Pavement Channel Trial Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Aug 2026
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Validated
14 Aug 2026
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Site constraints 10

Arnside & Silverdale 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.
Special protection area about 126 m away: Morecambe Bay
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more 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 ↗
SSSI about 126 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.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Morecambe Bay Limestones and Wetlands; World heritage site about 187 m away: The English Lake District; National park about 346 m away: Lake District; Inside the Arnside built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 5, 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 · 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

Application type
Householder
Postcode
LA5 0AG
Received
13 Aug 2026
Validated
14 Aug 2026
Ward
Kent Estuary
Parish
Arnside
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 98% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
48decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works 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
12 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
21 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Oct 2026
Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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