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Reathwaite Farm, Brocklebank, Wigton, CA7 8DN
Removal of existing barn to be replaced with general purpose shed, along with extension of adjoining shed.
Crooklands Farm, Access Road To Crooklands From Blencogo To Bromfield, Bromfield, CA7 3NB
Storage shed
St Cuthberts School, East End, Wigton, CA7 9HZ
Proposed works to trees listed on Tree Survey.
Land at Dairy Farm, Greysouthen, Cockermouth CA13 0UN
Demolition of two existing agricultural barns and erection of two detached three bedroom self build dwellings
Threapland Lees, Threapland, Aspatria, Wigton CA7 2JP
Proposed general purpose storage shed
81 Meadow Vale, Seaton, Workington CA14 1SD
Single storey extension to rear
14 Meadow Close, Maryport, CA15 7AS
Single Storey Rear Extension
99, Sandybeck Way, Cockermouth, CA13 9FU
Single storey extension to the rear
Hunters, 43A, Main Street, Cockermouth, CA13 9JS
Two non illuminated fascia sign to the front of the building and one sign to an existing illuminated, hanging sign board.
Custom House, Access Road To Sea Front From The C2042 At Port Carlisle, Port Carlisle, CA7 5BU
Tree 1 is an old mature pine tree and in recent gales large branches have fallen off, narrowly missing our parked car. For health and safety reasons the tree should be felled. If that is not possibl
Greenriggs, Waverton CA7 0AH
Construction of agricultural building to house milking parlour, complete with solar array and concrete apron
The Chestnuts, Deanscales, Cockermouth, CA13 0SL
Proposed rear extension to bungalow
59 Sycamore Drive, High Seaton, Workington, CA14 1NG
Certificate of lawful development for a single storey rear extension
9 Skiddaw View, Cockermouth, CA13 0DQ
Replace x3 front windows
St Ursulas (former school), Burnfoot, Wigton, CA7 9HL
Proposed demolition of former sports hall and erection of residential development.
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When Cumberland Council (Allerdale/Copeland) refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Cumberland Council (Allerdale/Copeland), raw rate
27.7%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.5%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
0.8 percentage points below expected. Cumberland Council (Allerdale/Copeland)'s decisions are overturned less often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
323 appeals counted, 296 judged either way (82 allowed, 214 dismissed), 27 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 200 | 195 | 62 | 31.8% | 28.8% |
| Householder (HAS) | 52 | 49 | 9 | 18.4% | 35.6% |
| Enforcement Notice | 34 | 27 | 3 | 11.1% | 13.5% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 8 | 8 | 4 | 50% | 33.3% |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 7 | 5 | 2 | 40% | 25% |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | 7 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| Tree Preservation Order | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 20.6% |
| Advertisement Appeal | 2 | 2 | 0 | Too few judged | 36% |
| Common Land | 2 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 2 | 2 | 1 | Too few judged | 36.9% |
| Environmental | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| Hedgerow | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 17% |
| High Hedges | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 28.5% |
| Section 106 Agreement | 1 | 1 | 1 | Too few judged | 39.8% |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Cumberland Council (Allerdale/Copeland) collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.
Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.
Cumberland Council (Allerdale/Copeland) is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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