Phase 3, Edgehill Park, Whitehaven Data via plota.co.uk

4/26/2061/0B1 Approved

Proposal

Variation of planning conditions 1 (approved plans), 3 (construction management), 6 (children’s play space design), 7 (bus stop locations) and 8 (landscape management) of planning permission reference (variation of condition 2 (plans) for revised house types & layout of planning approval - reserved matters application (access, appearance, landscaping, layout & scale) for erection of 335 dwellings including associated infrastructure) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

17 Feb 2026

✓

Approved

11 Sept 2026

Approved on 11 Sept 2026 · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 204

Decision & officer reports 2

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Statements & assessments 19

Plans & drawings 76

Application forms 2

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Consultation & comments 54

Associated applications 3

Part of

Reserved matters27 Apr 2021council archive

Conditions variation sought for
- Variation23 May 2025archive
  Conditions variation sought for 1, 3, 6, 7, 8
  - VariationVariation of planning conditions 1 (approved plans), 3 (construction management), 6…This application17 Feb 20264/26/2061/0B1

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Whitehaven 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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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17 Sept 2026Approved

PHASE 3, EDGEHILL PARK, WHITEHAVEN

DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 2 OF PLANNING APPROVAL 4/26/2061/0B1

4/26/2288/DOC

Important details

Council: Copeland
Received: 17 Feb 2026
Validated: 17 Feb 2026
Parish: Whitehaven
Case officer: Show
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 11 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show

Cumberland

Planning Authority Score

4.9/10

Below average

#151 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Cumberland is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #239 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

97% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Cumberland decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

96%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #9 of 296

97%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #30 of 296

50%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #239 of 296

45%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #189 of 296

87%

Minor dwellings approved

128 decided (1-9 homes)

91%

Major dwellings approved

23 decided (10+ homes)

95%

Change of use approved

108 decided

1,169

Total decisions

49 refused in the year to March 2026