Planning permission rejections due to protected species in England

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South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street,
Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4DQ
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Dear John,
 
I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Council, I will respond under the provisions of the Freedom of Information
Act.
 
You asked the following:
 
I'm writing to enquire about the following information in relation to your
Local Planning Authority.
I would like to know:
 
• How many planning permission requests were received last year?
 
• How many planning permission requests were rejected last year?
 
• How many planning permission requests were rejected due to protected
species?
 
• Of these, how many were rejected due to: badgers, bats, birds, dormice,
newts, invertebrates, natterjack toads, otters, reptiles, water voles,
white-clawed crayfish, or other?
 
 
I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the late response
to your request for information. I am sorry that South Lakeland District
Council did not respond to your information request within the statutory
20 working days. I am grateful for your patience regarding this matter and
I am sorry if this has caused any inconvenience to you.
 

 1. 748 (all application types)
 2. 73 (all application types)
 3. Decision notices are publically available via [1]South Lakeland
District Council Planning application register list of refusals
including planning application numbers is attached.
 4. Decision notices are publically available via [2]South Lakeland
District Council Planning application register list of refusals
including planning application numbers is attached.

 
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your request, you have the
right to ask us to review our handling of your request. Any request for an
Internal Review must be made in writing within 40 days of this response.
Should you wish to request a review, please email
[3][South Lakeland District Council request email] or write to Paul Mountford, Specialist,
Performance, Innovation and Commissioning at the address below. Our
Internal Review Process is available on our [4]website.
 
Should you remain dissatisfied following our internal review, you can
refer the matter directly to the Information Commissioner.
 
Further information is available from the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
[5]www.ico.org.uk
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Daria
 
Daria Pawlak | Case Management Officer (Customer and Commercial Services)
South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street,
Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4DQ
Tel: 01539 733333 | Email: [6][South Lakeland District Council request email] Website:
[7]www.southlakeland.gov.uk
 
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