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Unit 2, Southey Hill Industrial Estate, Main Street, Keswick, CA12 5NR

7/2025/2237Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing use from B8 to a gym (Class E)

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Keswick Ward
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 2, Southey Hill Industrial Estate, Main Street, Keswick, CA12 5NR. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 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. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Keswick Ward. 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 5NR
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Keswick
District
Allerdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026
Application expires
31 March 2026
Permission expires
2 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
83 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 January 2026

Additional information

UPRN
APQ4EABVPUR5B5V0C1
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • 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
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.

Source: Lake District

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