North West · National Park

Lake District National Park

Lake District National Park approved 90% of the applications it decided, 3% above the England average.

Approved

90%

England 87%

Decided on time

Not reported

Inside the statutory period

Applications a year

879

Decided in the reporting year

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Against the country

More permissive than the average.

The England benchmark is 87%. It is the share of decided applications that were approved, so a withdrawal counts as neither. Source: MHCLG Live Table P120A (England, rolling 12-month).

What we hold, and what we do not

Lake District National Park

90%

England

87%

The rules here

What this authority decides against.

An application is judged against the adopted development plan unless material considerations say otherwise. This is that plan, and the levy that comes with it.

Local planLake District National Park Local Plan (2020–2035)

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What Wren does here

10% of applications here are refused.

Lake District National Park decided 879 applications in the reporting year, and refused about 10% of them. A refusal is usually a document problem rather than a scheme problem: the policy that governs it was not addressed, or the evidence it asks for was not there.

Wren drafts against Lake District National Park Local Plan (2020–2035), a chartered planner reads the draft and signs it under their own indemnity, and a case manager files it and chases it. A householder application is £499, and Lake District National Park's own statutory fee is separate and paid by you directly to them.

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