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Former Lakes Electrical Supplies, Station Road, Cockermouth CA13 9PZ

FUL/2026/0074Change of useApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 28 July 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from a retail space (Class E) to a storage/warehouse unit (Class B8) and install bollards to car park

Submitted
2 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
Cockermouth South
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Lakes Electrical Supplies, Station Road, Cockermouth CA13 9PZ. Allerdale has handled 348 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 Cockermouth conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Cockermouth South. We hold 1,183 applications in total for the CA13 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
CA13 9PZ
Application type
Change of use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cockermouth CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2026
Target decision date
30 June 2026
Application expires
28 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: CockermouthPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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