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17 Black Bull Inn, Main Street, Cockermouth CA13 9LE

LBC/2026/0001Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 7 August 2026

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

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

Proposal

Listed building consent for external and internal alterations including replacement flat roof to rear incorporating two skylights. New resin-bond flooring to beer garden, extending partially into the car park. The removal of low-level planters and wall sections as well as the existing pergola being relocated, and a new fence with central opening proposed to the boundary of the beer garden. Internally, works include removing a central ground-floor column, adjusting the bar layout and new steps to suit, addition of food hoist and replacing fixed seating. The accessible toilet will be relocated, and the ladies’ toilet lobby reconfigured. Selected doors and stud walls will be removed or adapted to suit the revised layout. The first floor staircase will be relocated to provide access to the escape corridor.

Submitted
21 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
Cockermouth North
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 198 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 17 Black Bull Inn, Main Street, Cockermouth CA13 9LE. Allerdale has handled 284 applications of this type. This one was decided in 198 days, 21 weeks longer than Allerdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Cockermouth conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Cockermouth North. We hold 1,181 applications in total for the CA13 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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 9LE
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Cockermouth CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026
Application expires
18 March 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Kelly Hampson
Statutory period
78 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14587904
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Cockermouth
  • Listed building: Grade II: Globe HotelOn or next to this site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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