1 Steel Houses, Coach Road, Whitehaven Data via plota.co.uk

4/26/2239/0F1 Approved

Proposal

Two storey side extension to provide extra bedroom and living accommodation Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:46

Application progress

✓

Received

31 Jul 2026

✓

Approved

25 Sept 2026

Approved on 25 Sept 2026 · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Documents 31

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

Coal mining risk assessments ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.

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 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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Important details

Council: Copeland
Received: 31 Jul 2026
Validated: 31 Jul 2026
Parish: Whitehaven
Case officer: Show
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 25 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Calva Design Studio

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 98% of extensions here are.

This one56d

Council56d

UK55d

75%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

93decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Copeland in the last twelve months, from validation. Copeland decision record →

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

1 & 2 HARCROSS VILLAS, COACH ROAD, WHITEHAVEN

PRIOR NOTIFICATION FOR PROPOSED DEMOLITION

4/20/2463/0F1 14 Dec 2020

2020 Approved

1 & 2 HARCROSS VILLAS, COACH ROAD, WHITEHAVEN

PRIOR NOTIFICATION FOR PROPOSED DEMOLITION

4/20/2463/0F1 14 Dec 2020

Cumberland

Planning Authority Score

4.9/10

Below average

#151 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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

1 Steel Houses, Coach Road, Whitehaven Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 31

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 16

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 5

Other documents 4

Site constraints 4

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