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4 Wilfred Street/22 Portland Square, Carlisle, CA1 1PE

26/0114Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 July 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change Of Use From Office Accommodation To Form House Of Multiple Occupancy Comprising 9no. Units

Received
3 March 2026
Public comments
3
Council
Carlisle
Ward
Castle
Agent
Black Box Architects limited
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 128 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Wilfred Street/22 Portland Square, Carlisle, CA1 1PE. Carlisle has handled 2,582 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 10 weeks longer than Carlisle's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Castle. We hold 293 applications in total for the CA1 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
CA1 1PE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Carlisle

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Black Box Architects limited
Architect profile
BLACK BOX ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
1 Devonshire Chambers, 8 Devonshire Street, Carlisle, CA3 8AD

Planning decision

Case officer
John Hiscox

Publicity

Last advertised
13 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    3 Mar

    Change Of Use From Office Accommodation To Form House Of Multiple Occupancy Comprising 9no. Units

    This applicationApprovedFull26/0114
  2. 2026
    3 Mar

    Internal And External Works Associated With The Change Of Use From Office Accommodation To Form House Of…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/0115

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