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The Nelson Thomlinson School, High Street, Wigton CA7 9PX

02/2024/9001County Council Application ConsultationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of solar panels to the roof of J Block, part of Nelson Thomlinson School

Submitted
25 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
Wigton & Woodside Ward - Historic
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 0 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at The Nelson Thomlinson School, High Street, Wigton CA7 9PX. Allerdale has handled 748 applications of this type. The site is in the Wigton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Wigton & Woodside Ward - Historic. We hold 2,924 applications in total for the CA7 postcode area.

96% of outline applications at Allerdale were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CA7 9PX
Application type
County Council Application Consultation
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wigton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2024
Target decision date
25 March 2024

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Wigton
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Wigton, Allerdale
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Allerdale

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