Seathwaite, High House Road, St Bees
Approved on 20 February 2026
Council decision: APPROVE
Proposal
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND SANDSTONE CHIMNEY AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE ELEVATION EXTENSION FOR SUN LOUNGE
- Submitted
- 29 December 2025
- Council
- Copeland
- ReceivedSubmitted29 Dec
- ValidatedValidated29 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at SEATHWAITE, HIGH HOUSE ROAD, ST BEES. Copeland has handled 47 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 St Bees conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
99% of all 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
- Other
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St. Bees
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: St Bees
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage 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.
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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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