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Units A and B, Woodlands, Longtown, Carlisle, CA6 5TR

25/0653Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Proposal

Erection Of 2no. Substations And Associated Works

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Carlisle
Ward
Longtown
Agent
Rapleys LLP
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Units A and B, Woodlands, Longtown, Carlisle, CA6 5TR. Carlisle has handled 2,582 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Carlisle's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Longtown. We hold 1,036 applications in total for the CA6 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Carlisle were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CA6 5TR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Arthuret

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Rapleys LLP
Agent address
One Upper James Street, London, W1F 9DE

Planning decision

Case officer
Richard Maunsell

Appeal history

6006992
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 29 May 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
7

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)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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: Carlisle

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