Wigton Telephone Exchange, Reeds Lane, Wigton, CA7 9HA

FUL/2026/0056Full planning permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 30 June 2026

Council decision: Granted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed installation of a replacement emergency generator with associated 1 no. flue and 2 no. louvres at the Wigton Telephone Exchange

Submitted: 13 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Allerdale
Ward: Wigton

ReceivedSubmitted13 May
ValidatedValidated13 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date10 Jun
DecidedDecided30 Jun

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wigton Telephone Exchange, Reeds Lane, Wigton, CA7 9HA. Allerdale has handled 3,398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Wigton conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. 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.

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 9HA
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wigton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 May 2026
Target decision date: 10 June 2026
Application expires: 8 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14846357
Documents: 8

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: Wigton
Heritage at Risk Register: Wigton, Allerdale
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.

Source: Allerdale

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