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Vacant Site, Meeting House Lane, Wigton, CA7 9ED

PIP/2026/0001Permission In PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 10 June 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Seven new flats over three floors

Submitted
23 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
Wigton
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Vacant Site, Meeting House Lane, Wigton, CA7 9ED. Allerdale has handled 748 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Wigton conservation area, with 2 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.

96% of outline applications at Allerdale were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. Whilst the location and land use of the proposed development is acceptable in principle, the amount of development proposed is considered to be of a size and scale that would lead to an overdevelopment of the site which would have an adverse impact on the residential amenities of surrounding residential properties. Given the limited size of the application site, the only way to provide the proposed seven units is to build upwards and close to the boundary, leaving limited separation distances from surrounding properties. The amount of development as proposed will result in a development that is overbearing to surrounding residential properties and would lead to a loss of privacy due to the provision of balconies and second floor patio areas, with the overall impact being further exacerbated by the proposed development being on a higher ground level than surrounding properties to the west and north east. The amount of development proposed is therefore unacceptable and contrary to Policies S2, S4 and S32 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1) 2014.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CA7 9ED
Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wigton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2026
Target decision date
21 May 2026
Application expires
28 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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.

© 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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