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Seamens Bethel, Falcon Street, Workington, CA14 2XD

FUL/2026/0033Change of useApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 September 2026

Council decision: Granted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use from former chapel (non-residential institution) to a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), including internal reconfiguration works, formation of a new structural first floor within the existing roof envelope, installation of rooflights, alterations to openings, and associated works.

Submitted
15 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
St Michael's
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided8 Sep

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Seamens Bethel, Falcon Street, Workington, CA14 2XD. Allerdale has handled 348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 10 weeks 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 1,219 applications in total for the CA14 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
CA14 2XD
Application type
Change of use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Workington CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2026
Target decision date
16 June 2026
Application expires
10 July 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Kerry Bamford
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14715546
Documents
9

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, 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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