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4 Dean Street, Workington CA14 2XA

CLDP/2026/0008Lawful development: Proposed useRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 September 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Internal alterations to subdivide existing property. No external alterations are proposed.

Submitted
4 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
St Michael's
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 4 Dean Street, Workington CA14 2XA. Allerdale has handled 748 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 St Michaels, Workington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across St Michael's. We hold 1,217 applications in total for the CA14 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed HMO does not provide accommodation that complies with the requirements of Class C3 or Class C4 of Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, as the rooms are self-contained with sleeping/living, kitchen and bathrooms, with no shared communal facilities, resulting in people living separately in individual planning units rather than as a single household. First Schedule Certificate of lawful development for a proposed 5 bed House in Multiple Occupation Second Schedule Iain Fairlamb Service Manager for Development and Implementation D 0300 373 3730 E planning1@cumberland.gov.uk

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CA14 2XA
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Workington CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2026
Target decision date
4 August 2026
Application expires
29 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Emma Aram
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15134548
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.

  • Conservation area: St Michaels, Workington
  • Heritage at Risk Register: St Michaels, Workington
  • 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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