Wavergill Head, Brocklebank CA7 8DJ Data via plota.co.uk

FUL/2026/0102 - Full planning permission Approved
Change of useExtensions & alterationsNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Proposed conversion of part vacant barn to provide Air BnB and erection of associated balcony, together with a new porch to the main house. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Validated
11 Aug 2026
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Received
around 14 Aug 2026
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Approved
around 30 Sept 2026

Approved around 30 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officers Report Officer Report · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice Redacted Decision · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (PEA) including Daytime Bat Walkover (DBW) (Scoping Survey) Redacted Additional/Supporting Information · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement Rev A Additional/Supporting Information · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF Location Plan Plans · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Dwg No 25-26-02 As Proposed Plans, Elevations and Section B-B Plans · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Dwg No 25-26-01 As Existing Plans, Elevations and Section A-A Plans · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Redacted Application Form · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix B Countryside Building Conversion Form Additional/Supporting Information · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Additional Information re Package Treatment Plant Redacted Additional/Supporting Information · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Structural Inspection Redacted PDF · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Public bridleway about 27 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.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 11 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Open access land about 8 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £443,000 in February 2024. Detached house, freehold.

29 February 2024£443,000
7 August 2000£133,500
16 November 1999£130,000

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

Building

Floor area137 m² (1,475 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (33 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 5 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Allerdale
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
CA7 8DJ
Received
around 14 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Ward
Thursby
Parish
Westward CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Granted with Conditions
Decision date
around 30 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Chris Davidson

Public comments

2comments received
2 neutral

Last counted 30 Sept 2026

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.