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The Old Bus Garage, Bowness on Solway, Wigton CA7 5AF

FUL/2024/0042Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 24 May 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of redundant bus depot and erection of 2no semi detached dwellings with associated external works

Submitted
5 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
Marsh & Wampool Ward - Historic
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Old Bus Garage, Bowness on Solway, Wigton CA7 5AF. Allerdale has handled 3,398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the Bowness-on-Solway conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,924 applications in total for the CA7 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
CA7 5AF
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bowness CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2024
Target decision date
3 May 2024
Application expires
31 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
17

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 (21)

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, 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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