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Moot Hall, Market Square, Keswick, CA12 5JR

7/2026/2029Listed Building Consent applicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Listed Building Consent Granted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of non-illuminated painted timber signage within existing archways, replacing existing signage. No fixings to historic stonework.

Received
9 February 2026
Council
Lake District
Ward
Keswick Ward
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for signage at Moot Hall, Market Square, Keswick, CA12 5JR. Lake District has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

91% of heritage 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 5JR
Application type
Listed Building Consent application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Keswick
District
Allerdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Target decision date
29 April 2026
Application expires
10 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
27 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14689913
UPRN
MAN000000000008457
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Keswick
  • Listed building: Grade II*: The Moot HallOn this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Keswick Town Centre
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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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