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Silecroft Radio Station, Silecroft, Cumbria, LA18 4NW

7/2015/4122Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 January 2016

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

The retention of the existing 45 metre tower, the addition of 1no. 0.3 metre dish, 1 no. 0.6 metre dish located at 28 metres AGL, 4 No. sector antennas at 28 metres AGL and associated development

Received
1 December 2015
Council
Lake District
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Silecroft Radio Station, Silecroft, Cumbria, LA18 4NW. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 46 applications in total for the LA18 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
LA18 4NW
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whicham
District
Copeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application Form ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf plans including location plan CTIL_124292_VF7591_Planning_Drawing_Silecroft_B (2).pdf declaration Declaration_with_clarification_letter.pdf letter and design and access statement letter_d_and_a.pdf Officer's report 2015_4122Delrep.pdf Decision Notice 2015_4122DN.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
6

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.

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