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Ancillary development on the rooftop of Washington Central, Washington Street, Workington

REG5/2025/0273Regulation 5 - Part 16: Electronic communications code operatorsApproved

Approved on 29 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The proposed upgrade of an existing telecommunications base station comprising the removal of 6 no antennas and the installation of 6 no existing antennas, together with internal upgrades to existing equipment and ancillary development on the rooftop of Workington East. Proposed top height of structure to be 25.51m AGL.

Submitted
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
St John's and Great Clifton
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 38 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Ancillary development on the rooftop of Washington Central, Washington Street, Workington. Allerdale has handled 5,772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Allerdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across St John's and Great Clifton.

Application details

Application type
Regulation 5 - Part 16: Electronic communications code operators
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Workington CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Target decision date
22 December 2025
Application expires
19 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

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 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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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