West Cumbria Record Office, Scotch Street, Whitehaven, CA28 7NL

4/19/9003TreesApproved

Approved on 1 July 2019

Council decision: Granted Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of a new 2 storey high Archive Store together with a new infill extension and internal refurbishment, demolition works, external works and the removal of 6 no. trees and associated planting.

Received: 7 May 2019
Council: Cumbria

ReceivedReceived7 May
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation29 May
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided1 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is a tree application at West Cumbria Record Office, Scotch Street, Whitehaven, CA28 7NL. Cumbria has handled 2 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cumbria's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehaven Town Centre conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 38 applications in total for the CA28 postcode area.

100% of all applications at Cumbria were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 12 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: CA28 7NL
Application type: Trees
Scale / size: Small
District: Copeland Borough Council

Planning application dates

Validated: 7 May 2019
Consultation expiry: 29 May 2019
Consultation end: 29 May 2019

Additional information

Documents: 23

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Whitehaven Town Centre
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Cumbria

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