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Lilac Cottage, Birch Hill Lane, Kirkbride, CA7 5HZ

FUL/2023/0055Change of useApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 May 2023

Council decision: Granted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of former nursery building to domestic garage with ancillary storage

Submitted
14 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
Marsh & Wampool Ward - Historic
  1. Received14 Mar
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Lilac Cottage, Birch Hill Lane, Kirkbride, CA7 5HZ. Allerdale has handled 348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Allerdale's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,924 applications in total for the CA7 postcode area.

97% of amendment 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 5HZ
Application type
Change of use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kirkbride CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2023
Target decision date
10 May 2023
Application expires
12 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11994240
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.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Solway Coast
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    3 Oct

    Conversion and extension of garage to form dwelling

    ApprovedFull planning permissionFUL/2023/0214

Source: Allerdale

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