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The Royal British Legion Site, Hill Top Road, Whitehaven

4/22/2127/0F1Approved

Approved on 17 February 2023

Council decision: APPROVE

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 10 NO. DWELLINGS

Submitted
16 March 2022
Council
Copeland
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 338 days

About this application

This is a planning application at THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION SITE, HILL TOP ROAD, WHITEHAVEN. Copeland has handled 1,031 applications of this type. This one was decided in 338 days, 40 weeks longer than Copeland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address.

Application details

Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
10
Parish
Whitehaven

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2022

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Kells and District Royal British Legion Club, Hill Top Road, KellsRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    15 Dec

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3, 5, 6 AND 8 OF PLANNING APPLICATION 4/22/2127/0F1

    PendingDischarge of conditions4/25/2148/DOC
  2. 2022
    16 Mar

    HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 10 NO. DWELLINGS

    This applicationApprovedApplication4/22/2127/0F1

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