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6 Duke Street, Whitehaven

4/25/2345/0L1HeritageApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 3 December 2025

Council decision: APPROVE

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR ADDITION OF VERTICAL LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR STRIPS TO BUILDING FAÇADE AND REPLACEMENT OF STEP TO MAIN ENTRANCE WITH ACCESSIBLE RAMP

Submitted
13 October 2025
Council
Copeland
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 6 DUKE STREET, WHITEHAVEN. Copeland has handled 75 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 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 3 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
13 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

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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