Highways Depot, Skirsgill, Penrith, CA11 0DN

23/0293Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 8 August 2023

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Formation of salt spreader vehicle wash bay.

Received: 21 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Westmorland and Furness
Ward: Penrith West

ReceivedReceived21 Apr
ValidatedValidated5 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Aug

Decided in 95 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at HIGHWAYS DEPOT, SKIRSGILL, PENRITH, CA11 0DN. Westmorland and Furness has handled 6,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer 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 0DN
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Penrith

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 May 2023
Consultation start: 12 May 2023
Application expires: 11 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 28 Caste Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 98 days

Additional information

Documents: 13

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.

Source: Westmorland and Furness

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