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Browfoot Works, Penrith Road, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4LH

7/2006/2340Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 November 2007

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use to builders and timber merchants and plumbers merchants (storage and distribution of builders materials and plumbing and heating materials and hire of tools with trade counters and offices and ancillary retail sales) and changes to external elevations

Received
18 December 2006
Council
Lake District
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 290 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Browfoot Works, Penrith Road, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4LH. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 325 days, 38 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 993 applications in total for the CA12 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Lake District were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CA12 4LH
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Keswick
District
Allerdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application forms 062340af.pdf Location plan 062340lp.png Proposed floor plans DEST03900.png Proposed elevations DEST03901.png Proposed site plan DEST03902.png Existing floor plans DEST03903.png Existing site plan DEST03904.png Existing building elevations DEST03905.png Proposed site plan - amended 19/09/2007 DEST05421.png Decision Notice 2006_2340DN.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lake SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: Lake District
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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    ApprovedDischarge of conditions7/2022/2131
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    18 Dec

    Change of use to builders and timber merchants and plumbers merchants (storage and distribution of builders…

    This applicationApprovedFull7/2006/2340

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