Workington Hall, Hall Brow, Workington, CA14 3AN Data via plota.co.uk

LBC/2026/0021 - Listed building consent (Alt/Ext) Closed

Proposal

The proposed works comprise the installation of new ground-mounted uplight (floodlighting) units to illuminate the external walls of the Hall. This will require buried cable runs to supply the new lighting. Cable trenches will typically be located 2m from the standing structure (reducing to c.1.5m to the north-east) to provide a buffer to the historic fabric and to suit the lighting design. Trenches have been designed to be as small as practicable, subject to the number of cables required at each location. The maximum trench depth will be 0.45m and the maximum trench width will be 0.23m. The lighting has been designed in response to advice from the consultant ecologist Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 8 May 2026
Decision
Expected by 3 Jul 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 4 Oct 2026; it is now day 149.

Site constraints 9

Scheduled monument: Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
Scheduled monument consent is needed for any work to it, separate from planning permission.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Workington Hall, Grade I, about 20 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Registered park or garden: Workington Hall
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Heritage at risk: Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special area of conservation about 238 m away: River Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lake
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI about 199 m away: Buttermere SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 16 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Allerdale
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Postcode
CA14 3AN
Received
around 8 May 2026
Validated
8 May 2026
Ward
St John's and Great Clifton
Parish
Workington CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ulrike Knox

Decision outlook

Day 149, past the statutory target. 64% of listed building consent in Allerdale are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 14 Sept 2026.

Day 14993 days past the 56-day target
27%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
11decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building consent decided by Allerdale in the last twelve months, from validation. Allerdale decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 14 Sept 2026

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