St Ursulas (former school), Burnfoot, Wigton, CA7 9HL Data via plota.co.uk

PIP/2026/0004 - Permission In Principle Refused

Proposal

Proposed demolition of former sports hall and erection of residential development. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:10

Application progress

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Validated

20 Aug 2026

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Received

around 23 Aug 2026

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Refused

around 24 Sept 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused around 24 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Wigton conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Public restricted byway about 16 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Heritage at risk: Wigton, Allerdale

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 ↗

7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Burnfoot, Grade II, about 53 m from the postcode pin · 7 Grade II

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.

Show all 7 with distances

53 mBurnfootGrade II
56 mSt Ursula's Convent SchoolGrade II
79 mBurnfoot HouseGrade II
107 m5, Market HillGrade II
107 m7, 8, 11 and 12, Market HillGrade II
109 mBorder Insurance Advisory ServiceGrade II
134 m54a, 56, 58 and 60, King StreetGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Flood defence about 21 m from the postcode pin (wall, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood); Inside the Wigton built-up area.

Not affected

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 British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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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