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Unit 4 & 3 (Upper Floor), Hobson Court, Penrith 40 Business Park, Penrith, CA11 9GQ

08/0729Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 November 2008

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from B1 to D1 incorporating internal fitting out as a Dental Practice.

Received
17 September 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at UNIT 4 & 3 (UPPER FLOOR), HOBSON COURT, PENRITH 40 BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9GQ. Westmorland and Furness has handled 6,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,440 applications in total for the CA11 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Westmorland and Furness were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CA11 9GQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penrith

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2008
Consultation start
22 September 2008
Application expires
13 November 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
97 Lowther Street, Penrith, CA11 7UW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Eden SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

Source: Westmorland and Furness

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