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Hewden Plant Hire, Meadow Road, Whitehaven

4/21/2231/0F1AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 September 2021

Council decision: APPROVE

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF CONTRACTORS PLANT HIRE DEPOT TO BUILDERS MERCHANTS (SUI GENERIS) WITH ASSOCIATED OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOLITIONS AND ALTERATIONS.

Submitted
19 May 2021
Council
Copeland
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at HEWDEN PLANT HIRE, MEADOW ROAD, WHITEHAVEN. Copeland has handled 109 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Copeland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

100% of amendment applications at Copeland were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitehaven

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2021

Additional information

Documents
16

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.

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: Copeland

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