Dear Underscar Owner, Underscar planning decision – I was there! I attended the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) Planning Committee meeting on 1st February 2017 with our planning agent to represent us, as the decisions on application no. 7/2016/2266 and 2267 were being made. The REVISED scheme for a garden boundary wall across the southern frontage of our site was given …
Dear Owner, Planning Matters I am writing to update you about progress on the landlord’s planning application for a wall and kitchen garden to the south of our accommodation. You will recall that in December 2016 I explained that the Board was negotiating with the landlord for changes. But we lodged our formal objections with the planning authority at the end of …
Dear Owners, We wanted to let you know of an update to the most recent planning application from the Manor. The Club has been notified today (Wednesday 16th November) by the planning authority that the date for comments has been extended to Tuesday 29th November 2016, as a revised plan has been submitted. We encourage owners to express their views with the Lake …
Dear Underscar Owner, On 8 November I wrote to advise you that the owner of the Manor had made another planning application that affects the Club. A number of owners have responded to express their concerns, and in doing so have raised various questions that are not planning issues so much as issues about our rights of access onto the …
Dear Underscar Owner, I am writing to advise you that the owner of the Manor has made another planning application that affects the Club. This time it is to build a boundary wall 2m. high and 3.5m away from our frontage between Robinson and Castlerigg and to provide a new gate in to the Woodland Walks. Your Board has received …
Dear Owners, I am pleased to bring you the latest edition of our Newsletter. I wish to talk to you in this letter about three things; the first Annual General Meeting of the Underscar Owners’ Club Ltd.; the first elections for the Board of the new Club; and a windfall that has been notified to the Club. Firstly, let me …
The application for the herb garden wall has been approved by the Lake District Planning Authority at a height of 1.80m. This is well below the original proposal from the Manor of 2.16M and the UOCL Board are satisfied with the outcome, and hope that the owners of the four affected cottages (Beckstones, High Spy, Littledale and Seatoller) will be …
An updated version of the planning application and its status can be found here. The application for the wall by the herb garden cottages has made some progress… A formal planning application had been submitted which accepted our owners’ preference for a stone finish, but sought permission to erect the wall to a height of 2.16M. The deadline for comments on this was …
As part of our sales drive (detailed in the June 2016 newsletter), we have created some Facebook adverts to target new potential Underscar owners, and possibly rentals. The adverts will appear on the Facebook newsfeed of people who fit our target market. Each advert has five photographs associated with it, with a strapline highlighting what Underscar has to offer. The intention of the …
