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Unit 3, Bridges Retail Park, Flatt Walks, Whitehaven

4/25/2078/0E1AmendmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 29 April 2025

Council decision: APPROVE

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE FOR PROPOSED USE AS A 24-HOUR GYM. THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE USE WITHIN CLASS E AND IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE. PLEASE SEE COVERING LETTER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

Submitted
4 March 2025
Council
Copeland
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at UNIT 3, BRIDGES RETAIL PARK, FLATT WALKS, WHITEHAVEN. Copeland has handled 109 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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
4 March 2025

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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