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The Badger Sett House Hesket Newmarket Wigton CA7 8HP

2025/2017/FPAFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 June 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a replacement self-build dwelling.

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Hesket and Lazonby
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 221 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Badger Sett House Hesket Newmarket Wigton CA7 8HP. Westmorland and Furness has handled 6,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 255 days, 28 weeks longer than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Hesket and Lazonby. We hold 2,925 applications in total for the CA7 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
CA7 8HP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Castle Sowerby

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2025
Consultation expiry
6 February 2026
Consultation start
1 December 2025
Consultation end
6 February 2026
Application expires
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4A Lakeland Bussiness Park Lamplugh Road Cockermouth CA13 0QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
116 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
20

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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