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Silloth Post Office, 4 Esk Street, Silloth, Carlisle, CA5 4BU

2/2003/0685Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 August 2003

Council decision: Full Plans Approved

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

Proposal

Change of use of Post Office to children's Play School, as amended by letters and plans received 21 July 2003 and 23 July 2003

Submitted
17 June 2003
Council
Allerdale
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Silloth Post Office, 4 Esk Street, Silloth, Carlisle, CA5 4BU. Allerdale has handled 3,398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Allerdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Silloth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the CA5 postcode area.

99% of full 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
CA5 4BU
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2003
Consultation expiry
8 August 2003
Consultation start
17 June 2003
Consultation end
8 August 2003
Committee meeting
1 August 2003
Application expires
12 August 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Post Office 4 Esk Street Silloth Cumbria

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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

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© 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.

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