Planning application
2025/2485/PACOU
Bell Mount Farm Penrith CA11 0BX
Proposal
Prior Notification under schedule 2, part 3, class Q, for the change of use of an agricultural building to a dwelling.
As published by the council, reference 2025/2485/PACOU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Dec 2025
Received by Westmorland and Furness
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18 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About prior approval applications
How this application type works
Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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2026/0943/OHLI Granted
Land Adjoining Bell Mount Farm PENRITH CA11 0BX
Notification under schedule 2, part 15, class B, for the installation of a substation housed within a Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) chamber to provide a new electricity connection.
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2026/0685/DISC Decided
John Beaty Transport Ltd Station View Penrith CA11 0BX
Application for the approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (sustainable surface water sustainable surface water) and 4 (sustainable drainage management and maintenance plan), attached to approval 2025/0249/FPA.
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2026/0685/DISC Decided
John Beaty Transport Ltd Station View Penrith CA11 0BX
Application for the approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (sustainable surface water sustainable surface water) and 4 (sustainable drainage management and maintenance plan), attached to approval 2025/0249/FPA.
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2026/0943/OHLI Granted
Land Adjoining Bell Mount Farm PENRITH CA11 0BX
Notification under schedule 2, part 15, class B, for the installation of a substation housed within a Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) chamber to provide a new electricity connection.
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23/0788 Decided
OMEGA PROTEINS PENRITH LTD, PROCESSING PLANT, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Discharge of condition 5 (archaeology), attached to approval 21/0752.
Other prior approval applications
In Westmorland and Furness
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2026/0764/PACOU Refused
9 Kirkland KENDAL LA9 5AF
Prior Notification under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA for the change of use from self-contained ground floor retail unit (Use Class E) to self-contained, one bedroom, ground floor flat (Use Class C3).
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2026/1290/PAPP Granted
Agricultural building opposite Poppy Farm Selside KENDAL LA8 9ED
Prior Notification under schedule 2, part 6, class A, for the proposed extension to an agricultural building to store agricultural machinery
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2026/1297/PAPP Granted
Land at Bleatarn off Ravelands Brow forming part of Abbey Park Farm CA16 6PX
‘Prior Notification under schedule 2, part 6, class E, for the creation of access tracks.
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2026/1461/PAPP Decided
Ellers Farm Farleton CARNFORTH LA6 1PD
Prior approval for a general purpose agricultural building under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A
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2026/1318/PAPP Granted
Hall Rigg Farm Plumpton PENRITH CA11 0JD
Prior Notification under schedule 2, part 6, class A, for a walled silage clamp without a roof.