6-8 Duke Street, Whitehaven

4/24/2247/0L1HeritageApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 6 September 2024

Council decision: APPROVE

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

ALTERATIONS TO LISTED BUILDING TO: - REINSTATE DORMER WINDOW FOLLOWING RECENT WEATHER DAMAGE - ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING MANSARD SLATE ROOF TO ACCOMMODATE INTERNAL STAIR AND LIFT - REMEDIAL WORKS TO TIMBER FLOOR STRUCTURES AND LINTELS TO ADDRESS WET ROT DETERIORATION - REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING LIFT WITH NEW FULLY COMPLIANT LIFT TO SERVE ALL LEVELS - CONTINUATION OF CENTRAL STAIR UP TO THIRD FLOOR LEVEL TO PROVIDE COMPLIANT ACCESS AND MEANS OF ESCAPE - REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TIMBER SASH, CASEMENT AND FIXED LIGHT WINDOWS - INTERNAL INSULATED LININGS TO EXTERNAL WALLS

Submitted: 15 July 2024
Council: Copeland

ReceivedSubmitted15 Jul
ValidatedValidated15 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided6 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a dormer extension at 6-8 DUKE STREET, WHITEHAVEN. Copeland has handled 75 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Copeland's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehaven Town Centre conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address.

100% of heritage 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: Heritage
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Whitehaven

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 July 2024

Additional information

Documents: 22

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Whitehaven Town Centre
Listed building: Grade II: Whittles Furniture StoreOn this site · +3 more

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

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