Land off Greenbank Road Eden Business Park Penrith CA11 9FB Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0397/FPA - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Construction of 7 commercial units for use classes B2, B8 and E(g), including access and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
19 Feb 2026
✓
Validated
5 Mar 2026
✓
Approved
29 Sept 2026

Approved on 29 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 4

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Eden SAC
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1568 m away: A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Project; Inside the Penrith built-up area; 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Westmorland and Furness - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
CA11 9FB
Received
19 Feb 2026
Validated
5 Mar 2026
Ward
Penrith South
Parish
Penrith
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
29 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Atkinson Building Contractors Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 208 days from validation, 136 days slower than Westmorland and Furness's median of 72 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 96% of commercial and major works here are.

40%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
54decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Westmorland and Furness in the last twelve months, from validation. Westmorland and Furness decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
13 Mar 2026
Comments by
3 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
20 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
29 Sept 2026
Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Westmorland and Furness is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #235 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Westmorland and Furness decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #96 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #145 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #235 of 296
52%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #238 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
69 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
135 decided
1,204
Total decisions
91 refused in the year to March 2026