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Greengates, Sunderland, Cockermouth, CA13 9SS

7/2023/2229Full Planning applicationRefused
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Refused on 8 February 2024

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of vacant elderly relatives (Granny Annex) in to a holiday letting cottage/annex

Received
24 October 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Lake District
Ward
CRUMMOCK WARD, All Saints Ward
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Greengates, Sunderland, Cockermouth, CA13 9SS. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,181 applications in total for the CA13 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
CA13 9SS
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Blindcrake
District
Allerdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2023
Target decision date
9 January 2024
Application expires
9 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
237 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 December 2023

Appeal

Appeal type
Written Evidence
Appeal date
1 May 2024
Appeal result
Allowed on Appeal
Appeal decision date
19 August 2024

Appeal history

3343533
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 August 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

UPRN
APQWLU8U5AK5HRE069
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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

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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.

© 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.

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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.

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