28 Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP Data via plota.co.uk

26/0504 - Full Planning Permission Registered

Proposal

Change Of Use Of First And Second Floors From Commercial Use To Residential Providing 1no. Unit On First Floor And 1no. Unit on Second Floor; Retention Of Commercial Office Use At Ground Floor Level; Associated Works Include Internal Alterations And New Partitions At Ground, First And Second Floor Levels, Together With Fire-Safety Works; Third Floor Remaining Vacant; Installation Of Automatic Opening Vent At Head Of Main Staircase Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Sept 2026
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Validated
16 Sept 2026
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Consultation
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 11 Nov 2026 and 28 Nov 2026, from Carlisle's recent changes of use.

Site constraints 7

Scheduled monument: Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
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 ↗
Grade II* listed: Nos 26, 28 and 30 and Railings to Front
List entry 1355058 · 7 m away · 46 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade I, 7 Grade II*, 33 Grade II)
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 the other 46 with distances
Historic England ↗
Carlisle City Centre 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special area of conservation 232 m away: River Eden
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.
Also on the record
SSSI 232 m away: Town End Meadows, Little Asby SSSI; Inside the Carlisle built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 18 September 2026. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £150,000 in April 2018. Other property, freehold.

27 April 2018£150,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Carlisle
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CA3 8TP
Received
9 Sept 2026
Validated
16 Sept 2026
Ward
Castle
Parish
Carlisle
Case officer
Show
Applicant
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Agent
Unwin Jones Partnership

Decision outlook

Day 19 of the 56-day target. Carlisle usually decides changes of use by day 60.

Day 1941 days to the predicted decision (day 60)
42%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
41decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Carlisle in the last twelve months, from validation. Carlisle decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
339823 556041
Neighbours
18 Sept 2026
Consultation
18 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
25 Sept 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.