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Former Spida Site, Leconfield Industrial Estate, Cleator Moor

4/26/2132/0F1FullApproved

Approved on 23 September 2026

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW BUILDING PRIMARILY FOR GENERAL INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (E(G)(I), (II) & (III)), INCLUDING ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING, ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENTS

Submitted
28 April 2026
Council
Copeland
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 148 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at FORMER SPIDA SITE, LECONFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CLEATOR MOOR. Copeland has handled 10 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 13 weeks longer than Copeland's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cleator Moor

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Heather Morrison

Additional information

Documents
41

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    10 Nov

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 20 OF PLANNING APPROVAL 4/26/2132/0F1

    PendingDischarge of conditions4/26/2348/DOC
  2. 2026
    30 Sep

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 AND 11 OF PLANNING APPROVAL 4/26/2132/0F1

    PendingDischarge of conditions4/26/2299/DOC
  3. 2026
    28 Apr

    FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW BUILDING PRIMARILY FOR GENERAL INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE AND…

    This applicationApprovedFull4/26/2132/0F1

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