1 Longthwaite Crescent, Wigton CA7 9JN

CLDP/2025/0012Lawful development: Proposed useApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development Proposed for change of use of C3 to C2 to allow a 1 bed therapeutic children's home supported by 2 staff on a 24 hour basis

Submitted: 14 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Allerdale
Ward: Wigton

ReceivedSubmitted14 Oct
ValidatedValidated14 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 Oct
DecidedDecided28 Nov

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 1 Longthwaite Crescent, Wigton CA7 9JN. Allerdale has handled 748 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Allerdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Wigton. 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 9JN
Application type: Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wigton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 October 2025
Target decision date: 14 October 2025
Application expires: 9 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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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.

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Source: Allerdale

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